Belgian Exceptionalism: Belgian Politics between Realism and Surrealism

Caluwaerts, Didier;Reuchamps, Min
(2022) ISBN: [9780367610241], 236 pages, published

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  • Caluwaerts, DidierVUB
    Scientific Director/Editor
  • Reuchamps, Minorcid-logoUCLouvain
    Scientific Director/Editor
Abstract
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.
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Caluwaerts, D., & Reuchamps, M. (2022). Belgian Exceptionalism: Belgian Politics between Realism and Surrealism. Routledge. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/243473