Belgian federalism

Towards complexity and asymmetry

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ID6408339
AutoresEls Witte (a Professor of Contemporary History, Mass Communication, and Political Science , Vrije Universiteit , Brussel, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen15
Número4
Páginas95-117
Fecha de publicación1992-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402389208424934
OpenAlexW1989400360
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas1

From the beginning of the twentieth century, tendencies towards decentralisation began to take shape in the Belgian unitary state. They resulted in a federal concept in 1988. The constitutional reformers of 1988 worked out a strikingly original concept. Not only do the constituent parts differ thoroughly at the economic, social, ideological and linguistic‐cultural levels, but there is also an incredible degree of complexity and asymmetry among the newly‐created institutions themselves, as witness the extreme case of the political structures in the Brussels region. This sui generis can be understood only by looking at it against a background of the complex political evolution of the last few decades and in particular the equally complex process by which the 1988 government was formed

Constitution · Decentralization · Federalism · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Law and economics · Linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Unitary state · Witness · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Philosophy · Political Systems and Governance

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