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
    • Bouckaert Geert, Brans Marleen
    Governing without Government: Lessons from Belgium's Caretaker Government
    in Governance , Vol. 25, n. 2, April ,  2012 ,  173-176
    The record-breaking absence of a full-powered federal government in Belgium has triggered reflections on the possibility of governing without government. To what extent was Belgium not governed? Or was it governed without a government? And what lessons can be drawn from this unique experiment? In our view, the governing crisis was not a period without government; rather, it was a time when two types of transitional governments operated together: a caretaker one, which was disappearing, and a “constituent” one, which was emerging. [...]
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