Explaining Belgium's institutional gridlock
Zeit:
29.02.2012 - 18:15
Ort:
A 5,6 Raum A 231
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MZES Public Lecture
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Beschreibung:
If a country needs 450 days to form a new government, something must be wrong. Yet Belgium is generally considered to be an example and even a model of a consociational democracy that should be well-equipped to deal with deep divisions. Is there something wrong with consociational theory and with the pacifiying capacity of ethnofederations, or is there simply something wrong with Belgium?