Beyond the Anglo-Saxon Experience: City-Suburban Political Polarization in Brussels, Belgium

The electoral and political consequences of suburbanization have recently reappeared as a research topic in the Anglo-Saxon academic world. These studies are almost exclusively focused on the Anglo-Saxon countries themselves. This paper aims at broadening the scope of this research and analyses the electoral and political impact of suburbanization in Brussels, the largest Belgian urban region. By means of electoral and survey data, it is shown that city-suburban polarization is also evident in Brussels. Like in the Anglo-Saxon countries, the central city is becoming more left wing, while its i... Mehr ...