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Governance and politics of the Netherlands
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book - 4th ed.
List of Illustrative Material
Preface to the Fourth Edition
1. The Country, the Nation and the State
A 'Small' Country
The Struggle Against the Water
Three Boundaries
The Boundaries of Language and Religion
The Political Boundary
National Identity and Political Culture
Calvinism and Tolerance
A Nation of Joiners
Constitutional Development
2. A Country of Minorities
Three Threats to Stable Government
Minorities
Two Dimensions
Pillarization
Consociational Democracy
Alternative Interpretations
Depolarization
Multiculturalism as a New Social Cleavage?
The Consequences of Depillarization
3. Political Parties and the Party System
Parties and Consociational Democracy
Political Party System
The Numerical Criterion
Party Families
Dimensionality
Party Organization
Party Structure
Party Membership
Party Finances
Parties and Elections
Candidate Selection - the List
Candidate Selection - the List- Puller
A Decline of Parties?
4. Elections
The Electoral System
General Characteristics
Legal Requirements
Campaigning
Election campaigns in the media
Electoral Behaviour
From a Structured to an Open Model
Ideology and Issues
A New Dimension
Short term Factors
Choice Sets
Retrospective Voting
Party Leaders
Strategic Voting
Conclusion
5. The Core Executive
The Coalition Imperative
Building the Governing Coalition
Procedures of Cabinet Formation
Critique and Attempts at Reform
Coalition Theory and Dutch Cabinets
Collective and Collegial Government
The Position of Prime Minister
The Politicization of the Core Executive
6. Parliament
Separation of Powers within a Parliamentary System
Parliamentary Organization and Procedures
The Structure of Parliament
Parliamentary Procedures
Executive legislative Relations
From Institution to Arena
Parliament as a Marketplace
The Coexistence of Institution, Arena and Marketplace
Parliament and the People
7. The Policy-Making Process
'An Orchestra with No Conductor?'
Corporatism
Organized Interests
PBO and Advisory Councils
Changes in Corporatism
The Sources of Corporatism
The Bureaucracy
Judicial Policy-Making
Conclusion
8. Multi-Level Governance
The Territorial Dimension
Subnational Government
Provincial Government
Local Government
Europeanization
Strengthening Coordination
Strengthening the Core Executive
A Double Democratic Deficit
9. Economic and Welfare Policy
Open Economy
Macro-economic Policy
The Creation of the Welfare State and the Dutch Disease'
Restructuring the Welfare State and the 'Dutch Miracle'
New Challenges and Crises
Consensus and Conflict on Macro-economic Policy
10. Foreign Policy
'Constants' in Dutch Foreign Policy
Farewell to Atlanticism?
A European Turnaround?
Interests versus Idealism?
The Domestication of Dutch Foreign Policy
11. Evaluating Consensus Government
Fragmentation and Horizontal Coordination
The Consequences of Consensus
Public Confidence in the Political System
Attempts at Reform
The Future of Consensus Government
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
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Contributors
Irwin, Galen A. aut
ISBN
9781137289940
9781137289933
9781137289933
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