'Will it stay or will it go?' Federalism and the sustainability of Belgium

West European Politics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 877-894

  Swenden, Wilfried ^a   Jans, Maarten Theo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEDERAL SYSTEM; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751165004     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380600968745     Document Type: Review

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