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To my eyes, pillarization looks like "a model of citizenship that keeps communities separate". I understand that "models of citizenship" are as much codified in law as abstracted from the way the political life of the community organizes itself. That is, whether the "pillars" are constitutional or not, they are (or were) real.

I have to admit I don't quite understand how this all works in practice, not being Dutch or Belgian, and that Nomad has said pillarization is archaic in the Netherlands and Elco B has stressed belgian unity at every turn.

Maybe this diary would be an excuse for Dutch or Belgian ETers to clarify this.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 09:58:30 AM EST
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Yep. But we haven't seen Elco since August. Hey, Elco?
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 02:50:15 PM EST
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