Belgian Exceptionalism : Belgian Politics between Realism and Surrealism Paperback / softback
Edited by Didier (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Caluwaerts, Min (UCLouvain, Belgium) Reuchamps
Part of the Routledge Advances in European Politics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:218 pages, 26 Tables, black and white; 25 Line drawings, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/11/2021
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- ISBN:9780367610241
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:218 pages, 26 Tables, black and white; 25 Line drawings, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/11/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367610241
