The Flemish Negative Case:Explaining the Prevalence of Regionalist Demands without Request for an Independence Referendum
Despite Flanders is often presented as a handbook example of strong regionalism, the organization of a referendum on Flemish independence has never been on the political agenda. This article explains the reasons for the absence of a self-determination referendum in Flanders and shows that, since the 2000s, the omnipresence of the self-rule issue at the top of the political agenda is not–per se –a direct responseto regionalist demandsof Flemish voters or the Flemish political class. Instead, it is the consociational features of the Belgian political system that enhance intra-community party com... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Dodeigne , J & Niessen , C 2019 , ' The Flemish Negative Case : Explaining the Prevalence of Regionalist Demands without Request for an Independence Referendum ' , Fédéralisme et Régionalisme , vol. 19 . |
Schlagwörter: | Regionalism / Flanders / autonomy / referendum / party politics |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26705577 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://researchportal.unamur.be/en/publications/a5f437f9-6bed-4a20-a978-c1641f757d66 |