Belgium: Long United, Long Divided - Softcover

Humes, Samuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849041466 ISBN 13: 9781849041461

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2014

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Title: Belgium( Long United Long Divided) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: SamuelHumes <>Publisher: Hurst

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In this book, Samuel Humes gives us a brilliant insight into the age-long history of Belgium and tells how the linguistic and cultural divide determines the outlook of our country to this day. 'Belgium: Long-United, Long-Divided' has the merit of describing Belgian history without any complexes. Or should I say: without prejudice or bias. ... The objectivity with which this work is steeped makes it particularly worthwhile reading for Belgians. Author: Wilfried Martens, former Prime Minister of Belgium

At last a brilliant, intensive wide-ranging study of Belgium's history and politics by a political historian who has immersed himself in its remarkable and complex political system - one of the most unusual governments among the world's democracies. The volume concludes with a magisterial and authoritative essay assessing Belgium's 2000-year long history, its present language-driven separatist crisis, and its future prospects. Author: James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer prize-winning biographer, Woodrow Wilson Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Williams College, author of 'Government by the People' and 'Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox'

From the Author:

Samuel Humes lived in Belgium from 1984 till 2008, where he was most recently director of Boston University's Brussels campus. He is a graduate of Williams College (BA), the University of Pennsylvania (MGA), and Leiden University (Drs and PhD). His latest book is Managing the Multinational: Confronting the Global-Local Dilemma; earlier publications include The Structure of Local Government Throughout the World which has been described as a seminal work in its field.

About this edition

• Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1849041466
• ISBN 13: 9781849041461
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256