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“Force of Order and Methods ...” An American view into the Dutch Directed Society

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  1. Maurice C. Blanken
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Part of the book series: Studies in Social Life (SCL, volume 19)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. The Dutch “Miracle”

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Instruments of Decision

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 12-32

  4. Management of an Economy

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 33-61

  5. The Patroon System — Modern Style

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 62-79

  6. Housing and Urban Planning

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 80-98

  7. Physical Planning

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 99-117

  8. Environmental Protection

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 118-137

  9. The Engines of Change

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 138-160

  10. “... Of Order and Methods”

    • Maurice C. Blanken
    Pages 161-174
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About this book

The Netherlands is an unusual nation in many ways. It is not only that nearly half her land is below sea level. Nor is it that she is one of the world's most crowded lands; her more than 13 million people create a population density of about 1000 per square mHe. Nor is it that half her national income is dependent upon world trade. Nor is it that so small anation could achieve peace and prosperity with so little natural resources. What is most unusual is that the Netherlands has made such a rapid and total adjustment to the demands of modern technological society. In no small measure this was achieved by a deliberate policy of planning, direction, control and development. Its postwar history teIls how a determined people under intelligent govern­ ment leadership rose from a broken economy to a level of economic and social development that places their society among the most modern in the world. The Netherlands is a success story that in some measure has been overlooked by a wider world. This will be an attempt to record her story, touching upon some of the causes and results of this success. The Netherlands is undoubtedly one of the most planning conscious of modern nations. This is not to say that the Dutch government or its people have any concept comparable to the totality of Soviet Five Year Plans.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: “Force of Order and Methods ...” An American view into the Dutch Directed Society

  • Authors: Maurice C. Blanken

  • Series Title: Studies in Social Life

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0638-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-0151-4Published: 01 January 1976

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-0638-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 174

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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