Bulletin n. 1/2012
June 2012
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Devos Carl , Sinardet Dave
    Governing without a Government: The Belgian Experiment
    in Governance , Vol. 25, n. 2, April ,  2012 ,  167-171
    On December 6, 2011, Belgium's new prime minister, Elio Di Rupo, and the members of his government were sworn in by King Albert II at the royal palace. This was 541 days after the last federal elections of June 13, 2010. In the meantime, Belgium had broken the world record of the longest government formation and therefore also of the longest time without a government with full powers. Long coalition negotiations are not uncommon in parliamentary democracies, especially those with multiple parties. Political scientists tell us...
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