{"title":"Cancelling proposed debates","authors":"S. Otjes, Roy Doedens","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"337 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113958435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Think Like Me, and I Will Trust You’","authors":"Awenig Marié, David Talukder","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116370648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morality in the Populist Radical Right","authors":"J. P. Vossen","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131918871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Determinants of Committee Membership in Belgium and the Netherlands","authors":"T. Mickler","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000024","url":null,"abstract":"In this article I analyse whether differences in formal committee structures affect how parliamentary actors organise their work within them. I compare the alloca‐ tion of members to specialised committees in the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (Kamer van Volks‐ vertegenwoordigers/Chambre des Représentants) to test whether committee assignments are given more serious consideration when committees are strong. Despite many similarities, both parliaments differ in their internal institutional arrangements: committees in the Chamber of Representatives are, at least for‐ mally, considerably more powerful than those in the Dutch Lower House. The arti‐ cle uses the congressional theories of legislative organisation as heuristic devices to deduce several rationales of the assignment process. The role of parliamentary party groups is highlighted. The results indicate the presence of stable, reoccurring patterns in both parliaments. Even in the House of Representatives, where com‐ mittees present lower opportunity structures, assignments are given due considera‐ tion.","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129618257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opening an Absolute Majority A Typology of Motivations for Opening and Selecting Coalition Partners","authors":"G. Grandjean, Valentine Meens","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116703199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opposition in Times of COVID-19 – To Support or Not to Support?","authors":"Britt Vande Walle, W. Wolfs, S. Hecke","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134223100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Praise for a ‘Caretaker’ Leader","authors":"Clémence Deswert","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131916804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Politics in the Low Countries in COVID-19 Times","authors":"L. Russo, Min Reuchamps","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121680538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performing the COVID-19 Crisis in Flemish Populist Radical-Right Discourse","authors":"Jens Meijen","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115860655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tom Massart, T. Vos, Clara Egger, C. Dupuy, Constance Morel-Jean, Raul Magni-Berton, Sebastian Roché
{"title":"The Resilience of Democracy in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Tom Massart, T. Vos, Clara Egger, C. Dupuy, Constance Morel-Jean, Raul Magni-Berton, Sebastian Roché","doi":"10.5553/plc/.000018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000018","url":null,"abstract":"Since January 2020, European countries have implemented a wide range of restric‐ tions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet governments have also implemented democratic compensators in order to offset the negative impacts of restrictions. This article aims to account for the variation of their use between Belgium, the Netherlands and France. We analyse three drivers: the strength of counterpowers, the ruling parties’ ideological leanings and political support. Building on an original data set, our results distinguish between embedded and ad hoc compensators. We find that ad hoc compensators are championed mainly by counterpowers, but also by ideology of the ruling coalitions in Belgium and the Netherlands and used strate‐ gically to maintain political support in France. Evidence on the link between embedded compensators and counterpowers is more ambiguous.","PeriodicalId":194633,"journal":{"name":"Politics of the Low Countries","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116265056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}