Project

The networks of the Flemish business elite: post-Fordism and the federalisation of Belgium

Code
01D35610
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • History
  • Social sciences
    • Economic history
Keywords
business networks nationalism and nation-formation post-Fordism regionalisation
 
Project description

I intend to reconstruct the networks of the Vlaams Economisch Verbond with the help of network analysis. I hope to reveal its part in two fundamental transformations of Belgian society of the last forty years: the transition from a highly standardised economy (Fordism) to a flexible knowledge economy (post-Fordism) and the federalisation of the Belgian state.