Code
01D07919
Looptijd
01-10-2019 → 01-11-2019
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
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Social sciences
- Federalism
- Belgian politics
- Party politics
Trefwoorden
België
Conflictresolutie
Decentralisering
Devolutie
Etnische groepen
Federalisme
Regeringscrises
Onderhandelingen
Partijposities
Projectomschrijving
Does decentralization fuel or pacify conflicts between ethnic groups? This study on a critical case (Belgium) uses time series to assess decentralization’s impact on (1) the policy disagreement between Flemish and Francophone elites (1978-2019) and (2) their negotiating and conflictresolving
capacity (1945-2019). We will also test whether this potential impact has been even more manifest after the 1995 milestone.