Belgian exceptionalism : Belgian politics between realism and surrealism / edited by Didier Caluwaerts, Min Reuchamps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caluwaerts, Didier.

Contributor:

Caluwaerts, Didier, editor.

Reuchamps, Min, editor.

Series:

Routledge Advances in European Politics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belgium--Politics and government.

Belgium.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

2021.

London : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-310464-9

1-000-51729-2

1-003-10464-9

9781003104643

OCLC:

1266208924

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access