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The Politics of Belgium - Institutions and Policy under Bipolar and Centrifugal Federalism (Paperback)
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The Politics of Belgium - Institutions and Policy under Bipolar and Centrifugal Federalism (Paperback)
Series: West European Politics
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For too long Belgium remained an unexplored terrain by comparative
political scientists. Belgium's politics were best known through
the writings of Arend Lijphart, who considered it a model case of
consociationalism. Over the past ten to fifteen years, the analysis
of consociationalism has been complemented by a more detailed
coverage of Belgium's spectacular transformation process from a
unitary into a federal state, moving rapidly now to disintegration.
Likewise, several peculiar aspects of Belgian politics, such as the
record fragmentation of its party system, have been covered in
edited volumes or international journals. However, given the
complexity of the Belgian configuration of political institutions
and actors, any inclusion of particular aspects of the Belgian case
in comparative work calls for an in depth and integrated
understanding of the broader political system. This is the first
book which provides such an analysis. It brings together a team of
19 political scientists and sociologists who aim to explain the
dynamics and incentives of institutional change and seek to analyze
the intricate interplay between the main institutional components
of the Belgian body politic. The sociological, political and
institutional determinants and the consequences of the
"federalisation" process of Belgium is the central theme that links
each of the individual chapters. This book will be essential
reading for students who want to understand the politics of Belgium
and for anyone with a strong interest in West European Politics,
comparative politics and comparative federalism. This book was
published as a special issue of West European Politics.
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