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Author Goethem, Herman van, 1958-

Title Belgium and the monarchy : from national independence to national disintegration / Herman Van Goethem ; cover photo, Brussels, Royal Archives ; Reiner Van Hove, photographer ; Jules Van Paesschen, photographer
Published Brussels, Belgium : University Press Antwerp, 2010
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Description 1 online resource (295 pages) : color illustrations, map, portraits
Contents 6. Leopold III (1934-1944/1950): the radical king : In continuation of King Albert, 1934-1940 ; Belgium, on the road towards federalization, 1936-1940 ; May 1940-September 1944 -- 7. Prince Charles (1944-1950): the watchful regent of Belgium -- 8. King Boudewijn (1950-1993): a chronicle of political impotence : The 'quiet' fifties ; The Gilson language laws, 1962-1963 ; The state reforms of 1970 ; Belgium in the 1970s, lost in the mist. Region forming, Voeren and the 'rand' municipalities ; Belgium in the 1970s, the monarchy under fire, Voeren and the amnesty question ; King Boudewijn wants progress, part I: the Egmont Pact ; King Boudewijn wants progress, part II: the constitutional reforms of 1980 ; King Boudewijn puts the breaks on: 1983-1988 ; 1991-1993: state reform, confederalism and separation -- 9. Albert II: a land adrift -- Conclusion and diagnosis : Belgium 1831-1893 ; The power of institutional change: 1893 as a critical juncture ; King Albert I and the Flemish movement ; The end of the "narrow-minded and egotistical minority": a balance ; The power of an institutional choice: 1970 ; Belgium, an institutional perpetuum mobile ; Belgium, a diagnosis ; The end of Belgium? New critical junctures
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes A print version record
Subject Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1875-1934.
SUBJECT Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1875-1934 fast
Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909 fast
Subject Monarchy -- Belgium -- History
Federal government -- Belgium
Federal government
Kings and rulers
Monarchy
Politics and government
SUBJECT Belgium -- Politics and government -- 1830-1914. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012995
Belgium -- Politics and government -- 1914- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012997
Belgium -- History -- 1830-1914. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012983
Belgium -- History -- 1914- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012988
Belgium -- Kings and rulers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005004167
Subject Belgium
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Brussels, Royal Archives
Hove, Reiner Van
Paesschen, Jules van
LC no. 2012500331
ISBN 9054876980
9789054876984