Still religious parties in Belgium? The decline of the denominational cleavage in the Belgian consociational democracy

Religion is becoming increasingly important to the study of political science and to the re-examination of key concepts, such as democracy, securitization, foreign policy analysis, and international relations. The secularization of Europe is often understood according to the concept of ‘multiple modernities’ - the idea that there may be several roads to modernity, which do not all mean the eradication of religion. This framework provides support for the idea that different traditions, societies and groups can come to terms with the components of modernity (capitalism, democracy, human rights,... Mehr ...