What - If anything - Can the European Union learn from Belgian federalism and vice versa?

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-204

  Swenden, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belgium; Consociationalism; EU; Federalism; Multi level polities

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FEDERAL SYSTEM;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22144457450     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560500115527     Document Type: Article

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