Publications

Publication details [#12500]

Deprez, Kas. 2000. Belgium: from a unitary to a federal state. In Deprez, Kas and Theo Du Plessis. Multilingualism and Government. Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Former Yugoslavia, South Africa. Van Schaik Publishers. pp. 17–29.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language policy | language politics | multilingualism

Annotation

A politico-historical overview of Belgium's language situation: independence, Flemish emancipation, the Walloon Movement, federalization processes, post-nationalism and the role of the immigrants.