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Polder politics: the re-invention of consensus democracy in the Netherlands / edited by Frank Hendriks, Theo A.J. Toonen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Netherlands--Politics and government--1945-.
- Netherlands.
- Politics and government.
- Democracy--Netherlands.
- Democracy.
- Political participation--Netherlands.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 309 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, [2001]
- Contents:
- Paradoxes of Persistence, Foreword / B. Guy Peters xi
- Part I Introduction and General Observations
- 1 Introduction: Towards an Institutional Analysis of Dutch Consensualism / F. Hendriks, Th.A.J. Toonen 3
- 2 Polder Politics in the Netherlands: The 'Viscous State' Revisited / F. Hendriks 21
- 3 Dutch Administrative Culture in a Historic Perspective / N. Randeraad, D.J. Wolffram 41
- 4 Consensus Democracy in a Post-Modern Perspective / P.H.A. Frissen 61
- 5 Local Politics: The Not-In-My-Back-Yard Syndrome Revisited / P.W. Tops 77
- Part II Observations in Policy Domains
- 6 The Dutch Negotiating Economy: Learning Through Concertation / A.C. Hemerijck 95
- 7 Infrastructure Planning: Balancing Between Fixation and Enrichment / G.R. Teisman 115
- 8 Water Management in the Netherlands: The Re-Invention of Incremental Policy / V.J.J.M. Bekkers, A.M.B. Lips 135
- 9 Breakthroughs in the Polder: Institutional Sclerosis and Polder Politics / J.F.M. Koppenjan 153
- 10 The Struggle for Greenscape: Power and Decision-Making about Rural Area Policy / C.E. Peters 173
- 11 Criminal Investigation in the Dutch Constitutional State: Viscosity or Decisiveness? / E.R. Muller, A.H. Pieterse 189
- Part III Comparative Observations
- 12 The Flexibility of Viscosity: New Social Movements in a Comparative Perspective / J.W. Duyvendak 207
- 13 The Low Countries between Divergence and Convergence / M. Brans, R. Maes 221
- 14 Explaining the Paradox of the Polder Model: Warts and All / R.H. Cox 241
- 15 'Modell Deutschland' Going Dutch?: The Dutch Polder from a German Perspective / R. Kleinfeld 255
- 16 The Embarrassment of Success: Institutional Underpinning of Polder Politics / Th.A.J. Toonen, F. Hendriks 265.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-309).
- ISBN:
- 0754618196
- OCLC:
- 47118718
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