Why Flanders?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23688019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Hossay (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Pages | 159-185 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Shadows over Europe (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230109186_8 |
| OpenAlex | W4244558155 |
| ISBN | 9780230109186 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The radical right in Belgium presents something of a quandary for those who would offer universal explanations for the electoral success of radical right parties in Europe. Belgium is split socially, politically, and economically between Dutch-speaking Flanders to the north and French-speaking Wallonia to the south. Brussels, while predominantly Francophone, is located in the northern, Dutch-speaking portion of the country. As a result of decades of nationalist contention and divisive partisan struggles, the erstwhile unitary Belgian state has been federalized, with the bulk of political decision-making now in the hands of regional governing bodies corresponding to language use. The country’s partisan families, Catholics, Socialists, Liberals, Greens, and the extreme right, are split into different parties representing the two language groups. The Dutch-speaking Flemish region is home to the Vlaams Blok (Flemish Bloc, or VB), one of the most successful and electorally durable anti-immigrant parties in Europe. In 1999, after well over a decade of steady electoral growth the VB outperformed the Flemish Socialist Party and received over 15 percent of the Flemish vote, placing twenty ministers in the regional Flemish parliament and fifteen in the Belgian federal parliament. With nearly 30 percent of the vote in Antwerp, the VB has been the second largest party in the region’s largest city for a decade. In Wallonia, on the other hand, despite efforts by the Belgian Front National – Front voor de Natie (National Front, or FN) and others, no radical right party has managed to sustain a significant electoral breakthrough. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2021 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |