Introduction To Belgium
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Author | : Gilad James, PhD |
Publisher | : Gilad James Mystery School |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3935857713 |
Belgium is a small western European country that is located on the North Sea. It has a population of approximately 11.5 million people and covers an area of around 30,500 km2. Brussels is the capital city and the country is divided into three regions, which include Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels-Capital Region. Belgium is known for its unique cultural heritage, including its cuisine, chocolates, beers, and its famous diamond industry. The country has a diverse economy, which encompasses a range of industries including manufacturing, services, and agriculture. Some of its major industries include chemicals, textiles, machinery, and food processing. Belgium is also a major trading country, with its ports serving as vital hubs for international trade. The country is home to the European Union and NATO headquarters, making it an important political and diplomatic center in Europe. Despite being a small country, Belgium has made significant contributions to the world, including producing famous artists such as Rene Magritte, Tintin comics, and contributions to the field of nuclear physics.
Author | : Bernard A. Cook |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780820458243 |
Although Belgium has only been an independent state since the 1830s, it has a long and complex past. This history is essential for understanding the complexities of issues that led to a devolution of the unitary Belgian state into a federation of linguistically based regions. In addition to the elements that contributed to Belgium's particular political evolution, the history which is traced in this book is a composite of many themes of broad historical interest and importance. Belgium: A History covers the gamut of Belgian history through dramas of religious and cultural conflict, intense localism, state building, uneven development, divergent class interests, war and domination, and finally, integration into a larger European community.
Author | : Demetrius C. Boulger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Belgium |
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Author | : Léon van der Essen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Belgium |
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Author | : Samuel Humes |
Publisher | : Hurst & Company |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781849041461 |
This concise history describes the traditions and transitions that over two thousand years have developed in Belgium in a sense of shared identity, common government, and a centralized nation-state - and then over a few recent decades paved the way for Flemish-Walloon schism that now threatens to break up Belgium. It responds to the question: Why does a government, unified for more than 600 years, no longer seem capable of holding together a linguistically divided country In tracing the evolution of Belgian governance, Humes describes why and how the dominance of French-speaking propertied elite eroded after having monopolized the land's governance for centuries. The extension of suffrage, combined with the rise of literacy and schooling enabled labor and Flemish movements to gather sufficient momentum to fracture the Belgian polity, splitting its parties and frustrating its politics. The presence of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has, in a tangential way, enable the Belgian separatists to discount the merit of a national government that is no longer needed to defend the country militarily and economically.
Author | : Demetrius Charles Boulger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Belgium |
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Author | : Guy Vanthemsche |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2023-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1009327267 |
The small and densely populated nation of Belgium has played an important role in the history of Europe and other continents, especially Africa. It was a pioneering force in industry, trade, and finance during the Middle Ages, through early modern times and into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It introduced innovative political regimes and played a leading role in the creative arts. Yet this rich past is not widely known. This introductory history offers an accessible and rigorous overview of this small but important West-European country, synthesizing Belgium's main economic, social, political, and cultural developments from pre-Roman times until today. Today, this nation-state, born in 1830, is well-known for the rivalries between its two main language communities, and as a result is often considered a fragile or even an artificial political construct. This systematic chronological analysis of both present-day Belgium and the polities that preceded it throws fresh light on this controversial issue and demonstrates Belgium's enduring importance and influence.
Author | : André De Vries |
Publisher | : Signal Books |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781902669472 |
Popularly evoking images of European power politics and miniature cabbages, beer-drinking, chocolates and French fries. Yet Brussels, for all its reputation for bureaucracy and extravagance, is a city that has always been open to outsiders, to invaders and immigrants, always preserving its humanity. Architecturally rich and culturally sophisticated, this European capital defies its stereotypes.
Author | : Didier Caluwaerts |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2021-11-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1000517292 |
This book takes stock of Belgium’s exceptional and – for some foreign observers –schizophrenic position in the political world and explains its idiosyncrasy to a non-Belgian audience. Offering a broad and comprehensive analysis of Belgian politics, the guiding questions throughout each of the chapters of this book are: Is Belgium a political enigma, and why? Along which axes is Belgium "exceptional" compared to other countries? And what insights does a comparative study of Belgian politics have to offer? The book therefore provides a critical assessment of how Belgian politics "stands out" internationally, both in good and bad ways – including consociationalism, federalism, democratic innovations, Euroscepticism, government formation, gender equality, among others – and which factors can explain Belgium’s exceptional position. Based on cutting-edge research findings, the book will be of wide interest to scholars and students of Belgian politics, European Politics and Comparative politics. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Author | : Benno Barnard |
Publisher | : Academia Press |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Belgium |
ISBN | : 9038208162 |
As Belgian history addresses questions of identity and security, of a sense of cohesion and common purpose or the lack thereof, this volume tells you why Belgium does matter.