Author: Alphonse van de PerrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Language Question in Belgium
Author: Alphonse van de PerrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Language Question in Belgium
Author: Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question
Author: E. Ramón ArangoPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421434687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Originally published in 1963. Between 1945 and 1951, Belgium faced a crisis in political leadership when its ruling monarch, King Leopold III, was accused of violating the Belgian Constitution during World War II. The "question" at hand refers to the uncertainty over whether King Leopold III could return to Belgium as king. Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question documents the history of this political crisis, culminating with the abdication of King Leopold and the assumption of the crown by Baudouin, Leopold's son.
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Author: Colin BakerPublisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847693563
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Written as an introductory text from a crossdisciplinary perspective, this book covers individual and societal concepts in minority and majority languages.
Government and Politics of Belgium
Author: Thomas Harrison ReedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
America
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
"The Jesuit review of faith and culture," Nov. 13, 2017-
The Constitution of Belgium
Author: Patricia PopelierPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782259465
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The Belgian Constitution, once described as a model of consensus democracy, has now become an enigma in comparative federalism. On the one hand, it demonstrates features which suggest institutional instability as well as elements that enhance the probability of secession. On the other hand, Belgium continues to exist as a federal system, based upon linguistic bipolarity. This linguistic bipolarity dominates Belgian politics and has shaped the design of Belgium's institutions as well as the Constitution's fundamental organising principles: concepts of federalism, democracy, separation of powers, constitutionalism and the rule of law. In this book, the institutional structure and the principles governing the Belgian constitutional system are explained in the light of its historical, demographic and political context. Linguistic bipolarity and its historical evolution explain the establishment of the Belgian State structure as a dual federalism, with exclusive powers, instruments for consensus making and obstruction, and elements of confederal decision making. It also explains the evolution in the concept of principles of democracy and the rule of law. Besides describing the devolutionary process, the book also incorporates two other elements that have shaped the Belgian constitutional landscape: fundamental rights and Europeanisation.
Selling the Congo
Author: Matthew G. StanardPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803239882
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half century Belgium not only ruled an African empire but also, through widespread, enduring, and eagerly embraced propaganda, produced an imperialist-minded citizenry. Selling the Congo is a study of European pro-empire propaganda in Belgium, with particular emphasis on the period 1908–60. Matthew G. Stanard questions the nature of Belgian imperialism in the Congo and considers the Belgian case in light of literature on the French, British, and other European overseas empires. Comparing Belgium to other imperial powers, the book finds that pro-empire propaganda was a basic part of European overseas expansion and administration during the modern period. Arguing against the long-held belief that Belgians were merely “reluctant imperialists,” Stanard demonstrates that in fact many Belgians readily embraced imperialistic propaganda. Selling the Congo contributes to our understanding of the effectiveness of twentieth-century propaganda by revealing its successes and failures in the Belgian case. Many readers familiar with more-popular histories of Belgian imperialism will find in this book a deeper examination of European involvement in central Africa during the colonial era.
The International Interpreter
Author: Area Handbook for Belgium
Author: Eugene K. KeefePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.