Belgian Exceptionalism : Belgian Politics Between Realism and Surrealism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caluwaerts, Didier.
Other Authors: Reuchamps, Min.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Routledge Advances in European Politics Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Endorsements
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • 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 Europeanization of Belgian parties: Both near and far?
  • 13. Belgium in the UN Security Council: Still an active player?
  • Index.