The federal dynamics: the attitudes of citizens towards federalism in Belgium

In multinational federations, federal dynamics seem to be guided by the congruence between the ethno-linguistic differences in society and institutions (Gagnon and Tully, 2001; Burgess and Pinder, 2007). As a result, institutions have been gradually modified over the course of various institutional arrangements to accommodate the diversities of these federations. However, citizens as the ‘raison d’être’ of federalism tend to have a rather passive role in the processes of federalization that shape these federal dynamics. This role is even more limited in consociational systems where citi... Mehr ...