Couverture / Jaquette

Dutch politics have long been described as consensual, engineering compromise to work well as a 'decentralized unitary' state. This Handbook examines how the key institutions and actors of the Dutch polity have evolved, and offers a comprehensive assessment of whether it is still the country of pragmatic consensus-seeking.

Note biographique

Sarah de Lange is Professor of Political Pluralism at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. Prior to this she was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and held the Dr. J.M. Den Uyl chair at the same university. She took up a Jean Monnet Fellowship at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute and was a member of the parliamentary and governmental advisory group, the Council for Public Administration

Tom Louwerse is Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University. Prior to this he was Assistant Professor in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Leiden University's Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy and as an instructor in the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University.


Paul 't Hart is Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht University. He also serves as a Member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy of the Netherlands, the Dutch government's independent think tank advising the Dutch cabinet and parliament about long-range and boundary-crossing public policy challenges.


Carolien van Ham is Professor of Empirical Political Science, Radboud University Nijmegen. Previously she held the position of Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of New South Wales, Australia and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Twente and the University of Gothenburg.

Table des matières

• 1: Sarah de Lange, Tom Louwerse, Paul 't Hart, and Carolien van Ham: The Evolving Study of Dutch Politics


• I


• 2: Beatrice de Graaf: The Formation and Consolidation of the Dutch National Security State


• 3: Henk te Velde: Change and Continuity in the Style of Dutch Politics Since 1800


• 4: Rudy B. Andeweg: The Rise and Fall of Dutch Consociationalism


• 5: Franca van Hooren and Barbara Vis: The Evolving Dutch Welfare State


• II


• 6: Paul Bovend'Eert: Monarchical Politics in the Netherlands


• 7: Tom Louwerse and Cynthia van Vonno: Parliamentary Politics in the Netherlands


• 8: Stavros Zouridis: Judicial Politics in the Netherlands


• 9: Erik-Jan van Dorp and R.A.W. Rhodes: Executive Politics in the Netherlands


• III


• 10: Lisanne de Blok, Giedo Jansen, and Hans Vollaard: Municipal Politics in the Netherlands


• 11: Marcel Boogers and Klaartje Peters: Regional Politics in the Netherlands


• 12: Harmen Binnema and Hans Vollaard: Provincial Politics and Water Authorities in the Netherlands


• 13: Reinout van der Veer and Femke van Esch: European Union Politics in the Netherlands


• 14: Gert Oostindie and Wouter Veenendaal: Political Relations in the Kingdom of the Netherlands


• IV


• 15: Galen A. Irwin and Joop J.M. van Holsteyn: Classic Dutch Cleavages and Voting Behaviour


• 16: Eelco Harteveld and Daphne van der Pas: A New Structural Basis of Dutch Voting Behaviour


• 17: Wouter van der Brug and Erika van Elsas: Public Opinion Dynamics in the Netherlands


• 18: Carolien van Ham and Jacques Thomassen: Democratic Legitimacy and Political Support in the Netherlands


• 19: Josje den Ridder and Julien van Ostaaijen: Political Participation at the National and Local Level in the Netherlands


• 20: Margo Trappenburg: Abortion, Euthanasia, and Transgender Issues in Dutch Politics


• 21: Lauren Lauret en Karwan Fatah-Black: Citizenship Categories and their Legacies in the Dutch Post-colonial Politics


• 22: Léonie de Jonge, Matthijs Rooduijn, and Andrej Zaslove: The Evolution of Populism in Dutch Politics


• V


• 23: Henk van der Kolk: Elections and the Electoral System in the Netherlands


• 24: Annemarie Walter and Philip van Praag: Professionalization and Personalization in Dutch Political Campaigning


• 25: Tom van der Meer and Wouter van der Brug: Changing Patterns of Party Choice in Dutch Electoral Politics


• 26: Simon Otjes and Sarah de Lange: The Ever Changing and Ever Stable Dutch Party System


• 27: Simon Otjes and Léonie de Jonge: The Evolution of Party Organizations in the Netherlands


• 28: Tom Louwerse and Arco Timmermans: Managing Increased Complexity in Dutch Coalition Politics


• 29: Liza Mugge, Zahra Runderkamp, and Niels Spierings: Descriptive Representation of Marginalized Groups in Dutch Politics


• 30: Wouter Schakel and Armen Hakhverdian: General Yet Unequal Substantive Representation in the Netherlands


• 31: Rens Vliegenthart, Sanne Kruikemeier, and Loes Aaldering: The Role of (New) Media in the Dutch Political Landscape


• 32: Gerard Breeman and Arco Timmermans: Agenda-setting Politics in the Netherlands


• 33: Ellis Aizenberg and Caelesta Braun: Interest Group Politics in the Netherlands


• 34: Thomas Schillemans: The Politics of Accountability in the Netherlands


• 35: Arjen Boin, Sanneke Kuipers, and Jeroen Wolbers: The Politics of Crisis Management in the Netherlands


• VI


• 36: Paul 't Hart: The Politics of the Policymaking Process in the Netherlands


• 37: Olaf van Vliet, Koen Caminada, and Kees Goudswaard: Economic Policy and Politics in the Netherlands


• 38: Paul de Beer: Labour Market Policy and Industrial Relations in the Netherlands


• 39: Marlies Honingh and Lars Stevenson: The Politics of Dutch Education Policy


• 40: Hans Maarse and Patrick Jeurissen: The Politics of Dutch Health Care Governance


• 41: Jouke de Vries and Teun Havinga: The Dutch Agricultural Policy-Making System


• 42: Lisanne Groen and Dave Huitema: The Politics of Dutch Climate Change Mitigation Policy


• 43: Joachim Koops, Erwin R. Muller, and Edwin Bakker: International and Domestic Security Policy in the Netherlands


• 44: Peter Scholten: The Precarious Politics of Dutch Immigration and Immigrant Policy


• 45: Bertjan Verbeek: Dutch Foreign Policy Between Domestic and International Pressures


• 46: Rinie van Est and Jasper Deuten: The Politics of Innovation Policy in the Netherlands


• 47: Frank Hendriks, Kristof Jacobs, and Ank Michels: Democratic Reform Policy in the Netherlands

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