In historical studies, 'collective memory' is most often viewed as the product of nationalizing strategies carried out by political elites in the hope to create homogeneous nation-states. In contrast, this book asserts that collective memories develop out of a never-ending, triangular negotiation between local, national and transnational actors. Within this negotiation process, the authors focus on the important contribution of processes occurring at a local level. These can either generate entirely new memories, or bestow nationally forged sites of memory with innovative, sometimes...
In historical studies, 'collective memory' is most often viewed as the product of nationalizing strategies carried out by political elites in the hope...
This book studies recent insights about sovereignty and citizen participation in the Belgian Constitution. It is the first to make recent debates in this field accessible to international scholars and will be valuable to academics and researchers in Constitutional Law, Politics and Legal History.
This book studies recent insights about sovereignty and citizen participation in the Belgian Constitution. It is the first to make recent debates in...
