The Re-Bel e-book series aims to publicize innovative reform proposals for Belgium's institutional structure and to foster open and well-informed discussion about them. Click on the e-book titles below to access detailed information and links to download the e-book in full or in separate chapters.
Publications
E-book 12
Right-wing Flanders, left-wing Wallonia? Is this so? If so, why? And is it a problem?
Foreword: Bruno De Wever
Lead Pieces: Henk de Smaele, Jaak Billiet, Jérôme Jamin
Published in January 2012, 37 pages. E-book's page
E-book 11
The linguistic territoriality principle: right violation or parity of esteem ?
Lead Piece: Philippe Van Parijs
Comments: Helder De Schutter, François Grin, Alain Maskens, Henry Tulkens, Harry Van Velthoven, Jan Velaers
Published in October 2011, 77 pages. E-book's page
E-book 10
Belgium's health care system. Should the communities/regions take it over? Or the sickness funds?
Lead Piece: Erik Schokkaert & Carine Van de Voorde
Comments: David Crainich, Jan De Maeseneer, Myriam De Spiegelaere, Brigitte Dormont, Johan C. Kips, Fred Schroyen, Erik Schut
Published in September 2011, 73 pages. E-book's page
E-book 9
Social Federalism: How is a multi-level welfare state best organized?
Lead Piece: Patricia Popelier, Bea Cantillon & Ninke Mussche (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Comments: Benoît Crutzen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Johanne Poirier (ULB), and Frank Vandenbroucke (Leuven and Antwerpen)
Foreword: Bea Cantillon
Published in February 2011, 32 pages. E-book's page
E-book 8
Educational Divergence - Why do pupils do better in Flanders than in the French community?
Lead Piece: Vincent Vandenberghe (UCLouvain)
Comments: Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau and Daniel Santin (Liège), Jean Hindriks and Marijn Verschelde (Louvain and Gent), Frank Vandenbroucke (Leuven and Antwerpen), and Dirk Jacobs (ULB)
Foreword: Paul De Grauwe and Philippe Van Parijs
Published in February 2011, 48 pages. E-book's page
E-book 7
What does geography teach us about the future of Belgium’s institutions?
Contributions: Jacques-François Thisse and Isabelle Thomas (UCLouvain), Patrick Deboosere (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Paul C. Cheshire (London School of Economics), Bea Cantillon, Seppe De Blust and Aaron Van den Heede (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Foreword: Paul De Grauwe and Philippe Van Parijs
Published in November 2010, 63 pages. E-book's page
E-book 6
What does history teach us about the future of Belgium’s institutions?
Contributions: Herman Van Goethem (Universiteit Antwerpen), Vincent Dujardin (Université catholique de Louvain), Jean Pirotte and Luc Courtois (Université catholique de Louvain), Bruno De Wever (Universiteit Gent), Marc Hooghe and Luc Huyse (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Editor: Bruno De Wever (Universiteit Gent)
Published in October 2010, 46 pages. E-book's page
E-book 5
Towards a more efficient and fair funding of Belgium’s regions?
Lead pieces: Robert Deschamps, Christophe Ernaelsteen, Michel Mignolet, Marie-Eve Mulquin and Alexandre de Streel (FUNDP) and Dirk Heremans, Theo Peeters, and Annelore Van Hecke (KULeuven)
Editors: Paul De Grauwe (KULeuven) and Mathias Dewatripont (ULB)
Published in August 2010, 45 pages. E-book's page
E-book 4
Electoral engineering for a stalled federation
Lead piece: Kris Deschouwer (VUB) and Philippe Van Parijs (UCLouvain)
Published in July 2009, 53 pages. E-book's page
Subsequent reactions to the e-book by Rudy Andeweg, Laurent de Briey, Bart Maddens.
E-book 3
Is democracy viable without a unified public opinion?
Lead piece: Nenad Stojanovic (Universität Zürich)
Editors: Dave Sinardet (UA) and Marc Hooghe (KULeuven)
Published in June 2009, 61 pages. E-book's page
E-book 2
Does it make sense to regionalize labour market institutions?
Lead piece: Jean-Claude Marcourt and Frank Vandenbroucke (employment ministers for Wallonia and Flanders, respectively)
Editors: Bart Cockx (UGent) and Bruno Van der Linden (UCLouvain)
Published in April 2009, 36 pages. E-book's page
Subsequent reactions to the e-book by Koen ALGOED and Frank VANDENBROUCKE.
E-book 1
On the interaction between subsidiarity and interpersonal solidarity
Lead piece: Jacques Drèze (UCLouvain)
Editor: André Decoster (KULeuven)
Published in April 2009, 54 pages. E-book's page