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This informative text deals with the emergence of coalition agreements, their contents, the problem of enforcement and with the question of whether or not the functions are performed in practice. It explores the idea that policy bargaining in government formation is not just an isolated process, but that it is a real chance for parties to deal with substantive and controversial issues at an early stage. The coalition agreements in which these issues are incorporated have become important in most multiparty systems, but they have received little attention in political science research. This book argues that more systematic attention for these institutional variables is highly useful in coalition research because it helps to explain processes and outcome in coalition politics. ... Read more

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Children who are sexually abused by members of their family orby friends are deprived of the very means essential to their sense ofwell-being and for their healthy development. The persons theynaturally expect to trust most turn out to be their enemies and leavethem unprotected and without the confidence to relate to others.Sexually abused children carry their pain throughout their lives andneed all the support available to cope with their agony and to restoretheir self worth, if this is at all possible. Many people, such asfamily members, friends, teachers, social workers, police officers,doctors and therapists, are conventionally involved in repairing orminimising the damage. But what can governments do? Governments often appear powerless in the face of child sexual abusewithin the family. They are increasingly appealed to when yet anotherscandal erupts. But how can governments help these children? What canbe done to prevent child sexual abuse from happening in the firstplace? These are the guiding themes of this publication. Thisinternational comparative study describes how governments can do morethan they are actually doing and how they can make better use ofavailable policy instruments. The core of the book is formed by an investigation of the policies ofgovernments and their use of policy instruments in five WesternEuropean nations. Specialists from Belgium (Flanders), Britain,Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz), The Netherlands and Norway describe theprevailing situation in their countries and offer recommendations forimprovement. The editors, Rekha Wazir and Nico van Oudenhoven, placethese observations in a wider child-oriented perspective and formulatepointers for policy-makers that are applicable to the wholeWest-European region. This comparative study and its publication have been facilitated by agrant from the Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport.The study has been conducted by International Child DevelopmentInitiatives (ICDI). ICDI is an international development supportagency located in The Netherlands. It acts as an advocate formarginalized children and youth and provides a platform for policy,practice, programme development and research. ICDI is a partner ininternational networks for children and youth and functions as aliaison between donors and local NGOs. ICDI's guiding principles arethe holistic development of children, the empowerment of families andcommunities, and the building on available knowledge and localstrengths. ICD is an independent non-profit non-governmentalorganization and generates its income through contractual work. ... Read more

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Chapters: Partition of Belgium, 2007-2008 Belgian Government Formation, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, Municipalities With Language Facilities, Language Legislation in Belgium, Arab European League, List of Governments in Belgium, State Reform in Belgium, Parliamentary Inquiries by the Belgian Federal Parliament, Polder Model, Liberalism in Belgium, Belgian State Security Service, Charter of Quaregnon, Egmont Pact, European Movement Belgium, Gravensteengroep, Belgian Labour Party, State Secretary, Speaker of the Flemish Parliament, Ijzerwake, de Gordel, 70 Steps Plan, Cia Activities in Belgium, Belgian Nationalism, Vlaamse Volksbeweging, Young Green!, Belgian General Information and Security Service, Wallonie Libre, Purple, Vonk, List of Speakers of the Parliament of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium, List of Presidents of the Parliament of the French Community of Belgium, Jeune Europe, Victor Larock, Progressive Party, Roman/red, List of Belgian Political Scandals. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 199. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series:Politics and government ofBelgium The partition of Belgium, or the dissolution of the Belgian state through the separation of the Dutch-speaking peoples of the Flanders region from the French-speaking peoples of the Walloon Region, granting them either independence or respective accession to the Netherlands and France, is recurrently discussed in Belgian and international media. The concept is rooted in the long-standing ethnic and socio-economic tensions between the two communities as well as the geographic and cultural continuity of Wallonia with France and that of Flanders with the Netherlands. The territories corresponding to the modern Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourgish states are collectively called the Low ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13452960 ... Read more

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During the last ten years in Belgium, government information policies have put public information provisions at the center of policymaking. However, the contemporary daily practice of public information provision tends to be seen as incidental to the policymaking process. The introduction of the reflecting license plate in Belgium is a prime example of a case in which little attention has been paid to the quality of public information during the ongoing policy process. First, we define the notion, quality of public information, as a necessary condition for the successful implementation of policy objectives. We then chronologically outline the main policy intentions and decisions, and we describe the factors hindering the smooth introduction of the license plate, focusing on those related to information provision. Finally, we examine whether the current public management reform in the Belgian Federal administration can improve the quality of information supplied during the ongoing policy process. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Belgium is divided into three regions, two of them are subdivided into five provinces each. The division into provinces is fixed by Article 5 of the Belgian Constitution. The provinces are further subdivided into arrondissements. The provincial government consists of three main parts: the Governor, an executive council known as the Permanent Deputation (Dutch: Bestendige Deputatie) in the Flemish Region, or as the Provincial College (French: Collège Provincial) in the Walloon Region, and the Provincial Council (Dutch: Provincieraad, the equivalent of a States-Provincial in the Netherlands), which is elected by the inhabitants of the province for a term of office of 6 years. The Permanent Deputations and the Provincial Colleges consist of seven members: the Governor and 6 Deputies elected by the Provincial Council from among its members. The numbers of seats in the Provincial Councils are proportional to the population of the province. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more