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Belgium Universiteit Antwerpen
Belgium is one of the few countries making the full move from a unitary to a federal state in a quarter-century (1970–1993). This transformation was to avoid the country falling apart due to linguistic tensions. Political deadlock required creative compromises to deblock the political situation, compromises building upon former decisions to split institutions, public opinion and the political elite along language groups. The downloading of ...
Party politics and the implementation of gender quotas Universiteit Antwerpen
The long-term effects of gender quotas in Belgium Universiteit Antwerpen
Although many international studies might credit Scandinavian countries for their good practices in promoting gender equality in politics, Belgium undoubtedly features as a close second. Indeed, while the country initially took a slow start in granting women political rights (the adoption of universal suffrage for women, for instance, came rather late [Meier, 2012a]), it succeeded in building an international reputation for itself from the ...
Belgium's response to COVID-19 Universiteit Antwerpen
Belgian federalism is characterized by a ‘falling apart’ evolution. The centrifugal nature of Belgian federalism is exemplified by six constitutional reforms since 1970, each one resulting in more autonomy and more competences for the federated levels. The state reforms did not follow a masterplan but rather responded to ad hoc demands from the dominant political parties to solve political and policy discord (Deschouwer 2012). The competitive ...
Belgium Universiteit Antwerpen
Trans laws and constitutional rulings in Belgium Universiteit Antwerpen Universiteit Gent
In this article we reflect upon the evolution from the Belgian trans law of 2007 to those of 2017 and beyond, giving adult citizens the possibility to have their self-determined gender legally recognised. The 2019 ruling of the Belgian Constitutional Court, condemning the Belgian State for being discriminatory against gender fluid and gender non-binary persons regarding their legal gender recognition, requires the Belgian government to either ...
Geschlechterquoten in der Politik Universiteit Antwerpen
Belgian federalism 4.0 Universiteit Antwerpen
Over the last five decades Belgium has evolved into a federation with the aim of pacifying the divergent preferences of its constituent communities. In the light of the ongoing pressure on the current Belgian federal model, this article questions what other models might be appropriate for the Belgian political system. To that end, we take stock of three theoretical approaches used to describe the European Union, consider the extent to which they ...