The Politics of Belgium - A Unique Federalism

This is a completely new work built on the foundations of the author's earlier study of Belgian politics published in 1983. In recent years Belgium's complicated federal system has been threatened by a resurgent competition for power between the Flemish and Walloon communities. Calls for a break-up of the state along linguistic lines have been defeated but separatist sentiment remains strong in some areas. This balanced portrait of Belgium's history, social and economic development, political system and foreign policy, especially with regard to the EC, has become the definitive work available today.