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The politics of Belgium : governing a divided society /

By: Deschouwer, Kris.
Series: Comparative government and politics (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)): Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: x, 262 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780230218154 (pbk.); 9780230218154:; 0230218156 (pbk.); 9780230218147 (hbk.); 0230218148 (hbk.).Subject(s): Belgium -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 320.9493
Contents:
Why Belgium? -- A short political history -- Territorial organization and reorganization -- Political parties -- Voting and elections -- The government -- The parliament -- Policymaking -- Belgium in the world -- Still Belgium?
Summary: Belgium is only a small country but from a political science perspective a very important one. This text provides an expert but accessible introduction of politics in a society so divided that its polarized communities have come to contemplate divorce after decades of search for institutional responses to its internal conflicts.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 320.9493 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0076434
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-259) and index.

Why Belgium? -- A short political history -- Territorial organization and reorganization -- Political parties -- Voting and elections -- The government -- The parliament -- Policymaking -- Belgium in the world -- Still Belgium?

Belgium is only a small country but from a political science perspective a very important one. This text provides an expert but accessible introduction of politics in a society so divided that its polarized communities have come to contemplate divorce after decades of search for institutional responses to its internal conflicts.

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