Bundeskanzler, Bundesminister des Auswärtigen (CDU)

Kempf, Udo; Merz, Hans-Georg

doi:10.1007/978-3-322-80369-6_4

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“…This imbalance can be ensured by appointing more ministers coming from larger provinces and a contrario less ministers coming from smaller provinces. In Germany, federal ministers often come from more densely populated states (Kempf 2001;Fischer and Kaiser 2009). According to this hypothesis (Hypothesis 1a), the share of ministers per province should be proportional to the size of the province.…”

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Beyond Linguistic Peripheral Elites: The Provincial Imbalance of Cabinet Ministers in Belgium

Dandoy

2023

Nationalities Papers

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Despite the creation of regions and communities in the second half of the 20th century for resolving ethnic tensions between the French- and Flemish-speaking communities, provinces are still relevant to understand contemporary Belgian politics. Observing provincial political dynamics is essential to understand multi-level political elite dynamics and territorial cleavages in contemporary Belgium. For instance, political parties are internally structured in provincial federations, and federal elections rely on provincial electoral districts. Combined with constitutional factors such as language and region, this article investigates the provincial origins of ministerial elites in all Belgian federal cabinets between 1980 and 2020. It observes that provinces are far from being perfectly present in a balanced manner in the federal government: some provinces are overrepresented while others – in particular large provinces – are underrepresented. This provincial imbalance is stable over time and independent on the types of cabinet but can be explained by party strategies and vote-seeking considerations.

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Section: Provinces and Ministerial Appointment In Belgiummentioning

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Beyond Linguistic Peripheral Elites: The Provincial Imbalance of Cabinet Ministers in Belgium

Dandoy

2023

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Bundeskanzler, Bundesminister des Auswärtigen (CDU)

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Beyond Linguistic Peripheral Elites: The Provincial Imbalance of Cabinet Ministers in Belgium

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