Belgian exceptionalism Belgian politics between realism and surrealism

This book takes stock of Belgium’s exceptional and – for some foreign observers –schizophrenic position in the political world and explains its idiosyncrasy to a non-Belgian audience. Offering a broad and comprehensive analysis of Belgian politics, the guiding questions throughout each of the chapte...

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Weitere Verfasser: Caluwaerts, Didier (HerausgeberIn), Reuchamps, Min (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London, New York Routledge 2022
Schriftenreihe:Routledge advances in European politics
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Zusammenfassung:This book takes stock of Belgium’s exceptional and – for some foreign observers –schizophrenic position in the political world and explains its idiosyncrasy to a non-Belgian audience. Offering a broad and comprehensive analysis of Belgian politics, the guiding questions throughout each of the chapters of this book are: Is Belgium a political enigma, and why? Along which axes is Belgium "exceptional" compared to other countries? And what insights does a comparative study of Belgian politics have to offer? The book therefore provides a critical assessment of how Belgian politics "stands out" internationally, both in good and bad ways – including consociationalism, federalism, democratic innovations, Euroscepticism, government formation, gender equality, among others – and which factors can explain Belgium’s exceptional position. Based on cutting-edge research findings, the book will be of wide interest to scholars and students of Belgian politics, European Politics and Comparative politics.
Beschreibung:xviii, 218 Seiten
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ISBN:9780367610241
978-0-367-61024-1
9780367610272
978-0-367-61027-2
9781003104643
978-1-003-10464-3
Zugangseinschränkungen:Open Access