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.
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.
Didier Caluwaerts is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Min Reuchamps is Professor of Political Science at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Belgium - why bother? Part 1: Belgium on the Barricades 1. Compulsory voting: Anachronism or avant-garde? 2. The long-term effects of gender quotas in Belgium: Leading by example? 3. An analysis of electronic voting in Belgium: Do voters behave differently when facing a machine? 4. Thriving in an unfriendly territory: The peculiar rise of minipublics in consociational Belgium Part 2: Belgium, a democracy in trouble 5. Challenging the cordon sanitaire in Belgium: A diachronic analysis 6. Breaking free from partitocracy: Do Belgian candidates stand out? 7. Coalition formation in Belgium: From exceptional complexity to regime breakdown? 8. Caretaker governments in Belgium: The new normal? 9. The changing dynamics of Belgian federalism: Is there a reversal of the paradox of federalism? 10. Voting for 'the other side'? The curious case of the Brussels Capital Region Part 3: Belgium and the world 11. Federalization of the Belgian national past: Do collaboration and colonization still matter? 12. The Europeanisation of Belgian parties: Both near and far? 13. Belgium in the UN Security Council: Still an active player?
Introduction: Belgium - why bother? Part 1: Belgium on the Barricades 1. Compulsory voting: Anachronism or avant-garde? 2. The long-term effects of gender quotas in Belgium: Leading by example? 3. An analysis of electronic voting in Belgium: Do voters behave differently when facing a machine? 4. Thriving in an unfriendly territory: The peculiar rise of minipublics in consociational Belgium Part 2: Belgium, a democracy in trouble 5. Challenging the cordon sanitaire in Belgium: A diachronic analysis 6. Breaking free from partitocracy: Do Belgian candidates stand out? 7. Coalition formation in Belgium: From exceptional complexity to regime breakdown? 8. Caretaker governments in Belgium: The new normal? 9. The changing dynamics of Belgian federalism: Is there a reversal of the paradox of federalism? 10. Voting for 'the other side'? The curious case of the Brussels Capital Region Part 3: Belgium and the world 11. Federalization of the Belgian national past: Do collaboration and colonization still matter? 12. The Europeanisation of Belgian parties: Both near and far? 13. Belgium in the UN Security Council: Still an active player?
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