Possibly Necessary but not Necessarily Possible: Revision of the Constitution in Belgium

Covell, Maureen

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“…Dat is bijzonder goed te merken in de christen-democratische familie, schrijft zij : « Because the party was an almost inevitable partner in any government coalition, the ability of the Social Christians to aggregate across language lines was crucial to the operation of the Belgian politica! system » en dat is nu weggevallen ( 28).…”

Section: Een Belangrijke Bijdrage Vanmentioning

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Amerikaanse, Canadese en Engelse politiek-wetenschappelijke publikaties over België (1976-1986)

Huyse¹

1987

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Ten years after the first effort (Res Publica, 1975, nr. 3, 413-432), this second article compares a number of english political science publications about Belgium. Twenty-five contributions (between 1976 and1986) are questioned on two grounds. First, what is their information value for a non-Belgian audience. Except for a few striking factual errors, the quality of the books and articles ranges from reasonable toexcellent. The second question, on the surplus value for Belgians themselves, provides a less optimistic image. There is evidence of very little theory building activities in this last decade. The key-authors of theprevious period do not have successors. Also, in contrast to the earlier period, the « politics of accommodation » and « pillarization » issues are abandoned in nearly exclusive favor of the language problem. Monotony has taken the place of diversity.

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Section: Een Belangrijke Bijdrage Vanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Amerikaanse, Canadese en Engelse politiek-wetenschappelijke publikaties over België (1976-1986)

Huyse¹

1987

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“…Occasionally, peaceful, stable democracies will undertake major constitutional change in non-crisis situations, without violence or institutional rupture: as in Canada before 1982 (Russell, 1993) and Belgium before the adoption of the 1994 constitution (Covell, 1985; Fitzmaurice, 1996; Popelier and Lemmens, 2015). However, constitution-building rarely occurs in such calm waters.…”

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Building the ship in dry dock: The case for pre-independence constitution-building in Scotland

Bulmer

2020

International Political Science Review

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For newly independent states, constitution-building can be a defining moment: a time when national identities are asserted, values and norms articulated, and founding myths created. The constitution-building process is a critical juncture between the divergent paths of stable and well-functioning democracy, on one hand, or persistent instability, coups, repression, and state failure, on the other. But what is the proper relationship of constitution-building to state formation? Should constitution-building occur before or after state formation? Or should the two processes somehow proceed in parallel? To address these questions in a Scottish context, this article draws on state-formation and constitution-building processes in the Westminster-derived tradition. The article considers the advantages and disadvantages of these sequences, and discusses the circumstances in which they might be applicable. It concludes by making some tentative recommendations for a pre-independence constitution-building process in Scotland.

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Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy

Lecours¹

2021

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The strength of secessionism in liberal democracies varies in time and space. Inspired by historical institutionalism, this book argues that such variation is explained by the extent to which autonomy evolves in time. If autonomy adjusts to the changing identity, interests, and circumstances of an internal national community, nationalism is much less likely to be strongly secessionist than if autonomy is a final, unchangeable settlement. Developing a controlled comparison of, on the one hand, Catalonia and Scotland, where autonomy has been mostly static during key periods of time, and, on the other hand, Flanders and South Tyrol, where it has been dynamic, and also considering the Basque Country, Québec, and Puerto Rico as additional cases, this book puts forward an elegant theory of secessionism in liberal democracies: dynamic autonomy staves off secessionism while static autonomy stimulates it.

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Possibly Necessary but not Necessarily Possible: Revision of the Constitution in Belgium

Cited by 15 publications

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Amerikaanse, Canadese en Engelse politiek-wetenschappelijke publikaties over België (1976-1986)

Amerikaanse, Canadese en Engelse politiek-wetenschappelijke publikaties over België (1976-1986)

Building the ship in dry dock: The case for pre-independence constitution-building in Scotland

Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy

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