The Economy And Politics Of The Netherlands Since 1945

Author : Richard Griffiths
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401713820
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economy and Politics of the Netherlands Since 1945 written by Richard Griffiths and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is relatively little information on The Netherlands written in the English language which is easily accessible to social science students and even less which is systematically assembled between the covers of a single book. This is unfortunate not only because The Netherlands is an important part of Western Europe but because the experience of The Netherlands in the way in which it has attempted to resolve the economic and political problems confronting it may help to shed valuable light on similar issues facing other European countries. The contributions for this volume were chosen with these considerations in mind. On the one hand the selection of topics was intended to provide an overall impression of the political and economic development of The Netherlands since the Second World War. Thus separate chapters are devoted to an examination of economic develop ment; counter-inflation, energy, regional and planning policies; pressure groups, electoral performance, cabinet formation and colonial and Euro pean policies. On the other hand, these areas for investigation were chosen to invite specific contrast with the experience of other European nations or to illustrate certain problems of political or economic theory. It is my pleasure to thank, first of all, the contributors themselves for the conscientious way in which they prepared their drafts which made my task as editor so much easier. Secondly, it will be apparent to even the most casual observer that I have contributed two chapters.

Author : Richard Griffiths
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ISBN 13 : 9789401713832
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economy and Politics of the Netherlands Since 1945 written by Richard Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Netherlands
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Netherlands, 1945-1955 written by Netherlands and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oscar Gelderblom
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 0754695832
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of the Dutch Republic written by Oscar Gelderblom and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first half of the seventeenth century the Dutch Republic emerged as one of Europe's leading maritime powers. The political and military leadership of this small country was based on large-scale borrowing from an increasingly wealthy middle-class of merchants, manufacturers and regents This volume presents the first comprehensive account of the political economy of the Dutch republic from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Building on earlier scholarship and extensive new evidence it tackles two main issues: the effect of political revolution on property rights and public finance, and the ability of the nation to renegotiate issues of taxation and government borrowing in changing political circumstances. The essays in this volume charts the Republic's rise during the seventeenth century, and subsequent decline as other European nations adopted the Dutch financial model and warfare bankrupted the state in the eighteenth century. By charting the United Provinces's financial ability to respond to the changing national and international circumstances across a three-hundred year period, much can be learned not only about the Dutch experience, but the wider European implications as well.

Author : P. Lieftinck
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401195242
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Post-War Financial Rehabilitation of The Netherlands written by P. Lieftinck and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecoltomic and political background When after five years of war and occupation (May 194o-May 1945) The Netherlands started on the road to recovery, the economy was in a catastrophic condition. As a result of destruction, requisitioning and looting, and of unavoidable expenditures by the Government in exile, the national wealth in terms of real and financial assets had been reduced by about 30 per cent. The productive capacity in industry, agriculture, transportation and infrastructure was heavily damaged, stocks were exhausted and labor productivity was serious ly underminded (the daily food ration had reached the near starvation level of barely 600 calories per person).1 Monetary reserves and foreign investments had suffered heavy losses. The economic and social strategy on which the new post-war Government embarked was directed towards three major objec tives: a) rapid reconstruction of the productive potential; b) equit able distribution of the national income; c) rational utilization of the available economic resources. It was realized that the achieve ment of these objectives was conditioned by austerity with respect to consumption, after a reasonable subsistence level had been restored; by a maximum investment effort; by the re-establish- 1 During the war period, the population had increased by more than 400,000 reaching 9.3 million end-I94S.

Author : Vereniging Het Nederlands Economisch-Historisch Archief
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789071617171
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic and Social History in the Netherlands written by Vereniging Het Nederlands Economisch-Historisch Archief and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Isaäc Johannes Brugmans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
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Download or read book The Economic History of the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th Century written by Isaäc Johannes Brugmans and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adam Szirmai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107717566
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development written by Adam Szirmai and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-20 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are poor countries poor and rich countries rich? How are wealth and poverty related to changes in nutrition, health, life expectancy, education, population growth and politics? This modern, non-technical 2005 introduction to development studies explores the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation in developing countries. Taking a quantitative and comparative approach to contemporary debates within their broader context, Szirmai examines historical, institutional, demographic, sociological, political and cultural factors. Key chapters focus on economic growth, technological change, industrialisation, agricultural development, and consider social dimensions such as population growth, health and education. Each chapter contains comparative statistics on trends from a sample of twenty-nine developing countries. This rich statistical database allows students to strengthen their understanding of comparative development experiences. Assuming no prior knowledge of economics the book is suited for use in inter-disciplinary development studies programmes as well as economics courses, and will also interest practitioners pursuing careers in developing countries.

Author : N. F. R. Crafts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521499644
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945 written by N. F. R. Crafts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-18 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling volume re-examines the topic of economic growth in Europe after the Second World War. The contributors approach the subject armed not only with new theoretical ideas, but also with the experience of the 1980s on which to draw. The analysis is based on both applied economics and on economic history. Thus, while the volume is greatly informed by insights from growth theory, emphasis is given to the presentation of chronological and institutional detail. The case study approach and the adoption of a longer-run perspective than is normal for economists allow new insights to be obtained. As well as including chapters that consider the experience of individual European countries, the book explores general European institutional arrangements and historical circumstances. The result is a genuinely comparative picture of post-war growth, with insights that do not emerge from standard cross-section regressions based on the post-1960 period.

Author : Bart Snels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789039318027
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Mechanisms and Institutional Interaction written by Bart Snels and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: