Changer de système - changer de pays.
In the following pages, we argue against the widely-shared, common-sense idea that the Belgian political crisis of 2007-2011 was, primarily, the expression of an indissoluble tension between the two major communities in the country (the French-speaking and the Dutch-speaking communities). This crisis is actually best understood as a direct result of the purely proportional electoral system in place in Belgium – a system known for favouring mono-thematic extreme political parties and for fragmenting the political landscape, pushing it towards particratic malpractices. Only on this soil can (in... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
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Presses universitaires de Louvain
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Schlagwörter: | Belgian political crisis (2007-2011) / Electoral system / Proportional / Majoritarian / inter-communitarian tensions / crise politique belge (2007-2011) / système électoral / proportionnel / majoritaire / tensions communautaires |
Sprache: | Französisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28880384 |
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Link(s) : | https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/emulations/article/view/5363 |
In the following pages, we argue against the widely-shared, common-sense idea that the Belgian political crisis of 2007-2011 was, primarily, the expression of an indissoluble tension between the two major communities in the country (the French-speaking and the Dutch-speaking communities). This crisis is actually best understood as a direct result of the purely proportional electoral system in place in Belgium – a system known for favouring mono-thematic extreme political parties and for fragmenting the political landscape, pushing it towards particratic malpractices. Only on this soil can (in a second time) regionalist nationalism flourish. What is therefore needed, if one wants to overcome the current state of affairs in a constructive manner, is a reform of the electoral system, in a way hereby exposed. ; Dans ces pages, nous remettons en question le caractère essentiellement communautaire de la crise politique qu’a connu la Belgique entre 2007 et 2011. Cette crise n’est en effet que le dernier épisode d’un état de tension pérenne qui s’explique avant tout par la présence dans le pays d’un mode de scrutin entièrement proportionnel, les dynamiques communautaires ne venant se greffer par après – avec succès certes – sur ce système de plus en plus déficient. Sortir de crise, dans ce contexte, c’est donc avant tout modifier quelque peu les règles électorales dans une direction bien précise explicitée ici.