TY - JOUR
T1 - The Future of Belgian Federalism
T2 - An Analysis of Party Preferences
AU - Dandoy, Régis
AU - Matagne, Geoffroy
AU - Van Wynsberghe, Caroline
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - This article studies the political discourses regarding the future of Belgian federalism since the year 2000. Analysing party manifestos, it intends to identify patterns of preferences about the long-term evolution of Belgian institutions and the distribution of competences. The quantitative and qualitative analysis shows that the systemic duality of Belgian federalism largely explains the preferences of political actors: French-speaking parties overall oppose the broad state reform that the Dutch-speaking parties collectively support. Yet, each party has a specific position on the decentralization cleavage and a vision of Belgian federalism that cannot be reduced to its linguistic affiliation.
AB - This article studies the political discourses regarding the future of Belgian federalism since the year 2000. Analysing party manifestos, it intends to identify patterns of preferences about the long-term evolution of Belgian institutions and the distribution of competences. The quantitative and qualitative analysis shows that the systemic duality of Belgian federalism largely explains the preferences of political actors: French-speaking parties overall oppose the broad state reform that the Dutch-speaking parties collectively support. Yet, each party has a specific position on the decentralization cleavage and a vision of Belgian federalism that cannot be reduced to its linguistic affiliation.
KW - Belgium
KW - federalism
KW - party manifestos
KW - political parties
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878987637&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13597566.2013.773894
DO - 10.1080/13597566.2013.773894
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84878987637
SN - 1359-7566
VL - 23
SP - 331
EP - 351
JO - Regional and Federal Studies
JF - Regional and Federal Studies
IS - 3
ER -