Federalization in the slipstream: How the German-speaking Community of Belgium became one of the smallest federal entities in the world
In last 50 years, Belgium has evolved from a central to a federal state. While this process was driven by the Flemish and Francophone communities (and influenced by the Brussels-Capital Region), a fourth much smaller entity known today as ‘German-speaking Community’ was also integrated into the federal arrangement. This article reviews the latter’s political history to go beyond the common explanation that its statute was a consequence of the Belgian federalization dynamic. By using historical scholarship and testimonial interviews, it shows that neither the demand nor conferral of autonomy we... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Schlagwörter: | federalism / minority studies / political history / Ostbelgien / Belgium |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26588263 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/251434 |