New Dutch Politics explained to Foreigners Jan Willem Sap

Outsiders look with surprise at the climate change in the Netherlands. As well as the Dutch themselves. Their country seemed to be a multi-cultural paradise. But today populists are dominating politics and media. Much to the chagrin of the old political elite, including the progressive Head of State, Queen Beatrix. Geert Wilders now even backs a new minority government. In this context, this booklet aims at explaining the Dutch governmental system, especially during the formation of a new government. How democratic is this process? How to explain the influential position of the Queen? Are we staring in a democratic gap?
Jan Willem Sap (1962) is professor in European Union Law at the Open University in the Netherlands, Heerlen, and associate professor in European Union Law at the VU University Amsterdam.
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9789086595242
80 p.
€ 9,95