Tot nut van 't algemeen? Een historische blik op de Vlaamse provincies als intermediair bestuursniveau

For the Benefit of the Common Good? A Historical View on the Flemish Provinces as an Intermediary at the Level of Administration The nation state of Belgium saw its provinces chiefly as intermediary administrative entities from which political dispute had to be excluded. Nevertheless, they disposed of elected provincial councils and enjoyed fiscal autonomy. Although the provincial governments underwent a slow process of politicisation, the effects of the broad socio-political developments over the course of the last two centuries on this level remained far less tangible, due above all to the s... Mehr ...