Public offices, personal demands : capability in governance in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic / editors, Jan Hartman, Jaap Nieuwstraten, Michel Reinders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hartman, Jan.

Nieuwstraten, Jaap, 1980-

Reinders, Michel, 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Netherlands--History--17th century.

Public administration.

Netherlands--Officials and employees--History--17th century.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 251 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Public Offices, Personal Demands presents a novel perspective on European politics in the seventeenth-century. Its focus lies on the Dutch Republic, that surprising anomaly, often described as a miracle or enigma, admired by many during this age. This collection of essays explores one of the most fundamental questions of seventeenth-century governance: what makes a person capable for office? Contemporary viewpoints are discussed by a range of scholars from different historical disciplines.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; LONG TERM TRENDS; URBAN RIOTS AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF "QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE"; CAPABILITY, PATRIMONIALISM AND BUREAUCRACY IN THE URBAN ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES; SCIENCE AND OFFICE; FIT TO MEASURE; THE IDEAL OF THE STATESMAN-HISTORIAN; CAPABILITY IN POLITICAL THOUGHT; WHY THE WEALTHY SHOULD RULE; MERCURY'S TWO FACES; CAPABILITY IN PRACTICE; CAPABILITY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF DUTCH CITIZENSHIP; SUBSERVIENT TO THE STADHOLDER; ENGLISH COMPARISON; OFFICE-HOLDING, PARTICIPATION AND ENGLAND'S 'MONARCHICAL REPUBLIC'; BEYOND THE REPUBLIC

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-282-41358-9

9786612413582

1-4438-1096-7

OCLC:

827209507