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.
Re-Bel’s choice of functioning in English has many advantages, but prevents its publications from feeding Belgium’s public debate as much as they could do. Thanks to the support of the University Foundation, some of the e-books are now available in Dutch and French.
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Multi-level Nationalism? The Catalan question and its lessons for Belgium and for Europe
Re-Bel e-book 20, published in June 2018, 67 pages Coordinated…
The Future of the Belgian Press
Re-Bel e-book 19, Published in June 2018, 67 pages Contributions…
(Con)federalism: Cure or Curse?
Re-Bel e-book 18, Published in English in July 2015, 41…
Corruption in today’s Belgium
Re-Bel e-book 17, Published in English in June 2015, 41…
Economic regulation in today’s Belgium
Re-Bel e-book 16, Published in English in March 2015, 39…
Belgium’s Diverging Memories. Is this so? If so, why? And is it a problem?
Re-Bel e-book 15, Published in English in January 2015, 37…
The Malaise of Electoral Democracy and What to Do About It
Re-Bel e-book 14, Published in English in April 2014, 68…
Must Brussels’s communes be merged ? The experiences of Antwerp, Berlin and Vienna
Re-Bel e-book 13, Published in English, Dutch and French in September 2013,…
Right-wing Flanders, left-wing Wallonia? Is this so? If so, why? And is it a problem?
Re-Bel e-book 12, Published in January 2012, 37 pages Foreword: Bruno…
The linguistic territoriality principle: right violation or parity of esteem ?
Re-Bel e-book 11, Published in October 2011, 77 pages Lead…
Belgium’s health care system. Should the communities/regions take it over? Or the sickness funds?
Re-Bel e-book 10, Published in September 2011, 73 pages Lead…
Social Federalism: How is a multi-level welfare state best organized?
Re-Bel e-book 9, Published in February 2011, 32 pages Lead…
Educational Divergence – Why do pupils do better in Flanders than in the French community?
Re-Bel e-book 8, Published in February 2011, 48 pages Lead…
What does geography teach us about the future of Belgium’s institutions?
Re-Bel e-book 7, Published in November 2010, 63 pages Contributions: Jacques-François…
What does history teach us about the future of Belgium’s institutions?
Re-Bel e-book 6, Published in October 2010, 46 pages Contributions: Herman…
Towards a more efficient and fair funding of Belgium’s regions?
Re-Bel e-book 5, published in August 2010, 45 pages Lead…
Educational divergence / Social federalism
3rd Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday, the 3rd of…
Electoral engineering for a stalled federation
Re-Bel e-book 4, published in July 2009, 53 pages Lead…
Is Democracy viable without a unified public opinion? The Swiss experience and the Belgian case
Re-Bel e-book 3, published in English in June 2009, 53…
Does it make sense to regionalize labour market institutions?
Re-Bel e-book 2, published in April 2009, 36 pages. Lead…
On the interaction between subsidiarity and interpersonal solidarity
Re-Bel e-book 1, published April 2009, 54 pages Lead piece: Jacques…