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Ceci est une Fiction: Bye Bye Belgium (Bye Bye Belgium)


Alain-Laurent Verbeke


University of Leuven, Faculty of Law, Department of Private Law; Harvard Law School; University of Leuven, Faculty of Psychology; Tilburg Law School Department of Private Law and TISCO; Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) - Católica Global School of Law; University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) ; Greenille (Attorneys, Notaries and Tax Advisors; Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam)

Robert H. Mnookin


Harvard Law School

December 15, 2006

De Tijd, December 2006

Abstract:     
In this Op Ed we comment on how the debate following the TV show at RTBF on Bye Bye Belgium illustrates the deathness on both sides of the language divide. People argue from within their position without listening to the other side. Negotiation experts know that a true dialogue and solution may only be found if parties both listen with empathy to each other and assert their own interests clearly but with respect for the other side. This problem solving and collaborative attitude is lacking in the Belgian institutional context.

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Keywords: Negotiation Theory, Belgium, Political crisis, conflict

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Date posted: April 4, 2011  

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Verbeke, Alain-Laurent P.G. and Mnookin, Robert H., Ceci est une Fiction: Bye Bye Belgium (Bye Bye Belgium) (December 15, 2006). De Tijd, December 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1801928

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Alain-Laurent P.G. Verbeke (Contact Author)
University of Leuven, Faculty of Law, Department of Private Law ( email )
Tiensestraat 41
Leuven, 3000
Belgium
003216325203 (Phone)
003216325296 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: http://www.law.kuleuven.be/fvr
Harvard Law School ( email )
Cambridge, MA
United States
HOME PAGE: http://www.pon.harvard.edu/
University of Leuven, Faculty of Psychology
Van Evenstraat 2B
B-3000 Leuven, 3000
Belgium
HOME PAGE: http://ppw.kuleuven.be/english/wopp/leuven-center-for-collaborative-management
Tilburg Law School Department of Private Law and TISCO ( email )
Tilburg, 5000 LE
Netherlands
HOME PAGE: http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/tisco/
Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) - Católica Global School of Law
Lisboa
Portugal
HOME PAGE: http://www.fd.lisboa.ucp.pt/site/custom/template/ucptplfac.asp?sspageID=3293&lang=2
University of Brussels (VUB/ULB)
Laarbeeklaan 103
Brussels, Brabant 1090
Belgium
HOME PAGE: http://www.vub.ac.be/iPAVUB/Postgraduaten/pg_estate.html
Greenille (Attorneys, Notaries and Tax Advisors; Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam) ( email )
Boulevard de la Woluwe 2
1150 Brussels
Belgium
003227380650 (Phone)
003227380660 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: http://www.greenille.eu
Robert H. Mnookin
Harvard Law School ( email )
Hauser Hall 416
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
617-495-9201 (Phone)
617-496-3777 (Fax)
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