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Discovering the Dutch : On Culture and Society of the Netherlands /

"How did the Netherlands become a byword for welfare state and the "poldermodel"? What explains the fabulous political and cultural success of the Dutch Golden Age? What is the place of the Queen in a modern parliamentary democracy? Renowned Dutch scholars elucidate the complicated qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Besamusca, Emmeline (Editor ), Verheul, J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Citizens, Coalitions and the Crown
  • The Economy of the Polder
  • Dilemmas of the Welfare State
  • Randstad Holland
  • Idealism and Self-Interest in World Politics
  • From the Periphery to the Center
  • The Golden Age
  • A Tradition of Tolerance
  • Politics between Accommodation and Commotion
  • The Second World War: Dilemmas of Occupation
  • The Making of Rembrandt and Van Gogh
  • Style and Lifestyle in Architecture
  • Literature, Authors and Public Debate
  • Three Feminist Waves
  • Excellence and Egalitarianism in Higher Education
  • Religious Diversification or Secularization?
  • Immigration and Multiculturalism
  • Law in Action
  • Living with Water
  • In Foreign Eyes.