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A Tiny Spot on the Earth
Piet de Rooy
Broschiertes Buch

A Tiny Spot on the Earth

The Political Culture of the Netherlands in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Übersetzer: Collingwood, Vivien
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In this survey of the Dutch political culture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Piet de Rooy reveals that the 'polder model' often used to describe economic and social policymaking based on consensus is a myth. Instead, modern political culture in the Dutch Low Countries began with a revolution and is rife with rivalries among political and ideological factions. De Rooy argues that because of its extremely open economy, the country is vulnerable to external political, cultural, and economic pressures, and Dutch politics is a balancing act between profiting from international developme...