Democratic Legitimacy of (federal) political systems. An analysis of the Belgian case from a European comparative perspective

The Belgian federation suffers from substantial problems with respect to its democratic legitimacy. This project aims at a systematic analysis of Belgian democratic legitimacy in order to formulate suggestions with respect to improvements. This will be done through a theoretical redesigning of democracy concepts for multilevel political systems and through a comparative analysis of the EU and other (quasi-)federal political systems

Keywords:BELGIUM, DEMOCRACY, FEDERALISM, EUROPEAN UNION

Disciplines:Other economics and business, Applied sociology, Citizenship, immigration and political inequality, International and comparative politics, Multilevel governance, National politics, Political behaviour, Political organisations and institutions, Political theory and methodology, Public administration, Other political science