The Economic History of The Netherlands 1914-1995: A Small Open Economy in the 'Long' Twentieth Century

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ISBN: 9780415150033 | 0415150035
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/16/1997

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IThe Economic History of the Netherlandscondenses all the most contemporary data and analysis into one convenient volume. In the first four chapters the author analyzes the long term development of the economy in detail, including the rise and decline of managerial enterprise, the growth and fall of trade unions, and the expansion and crisis of the welfare state. The second part of the book deals with different periods of growth and periods of relative stagnation. Van Zanden also examines the role of the Netherlands in the process of European integration.

List of graphs

vii

(1)

List of tables

viii

(3)

Editor's introduction

(7)

Preface

xviii

1 THE LONG TWENTIETH CENTURY

(6)

2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DUTCH ECONOMY

(20)

A versatile, small and open economy: the Netherlands at the beginning of the twentieth century

(3)

A decent pillarized society

(4)

Characteristics of long-term economic growth

(4)

Regional variations in economic structures

(3)

The economic importance of Indonesia

(4)

From a small versatile economy to a large `small economy'

(2)

3 THE RISE OF THE MANAGERIAL ENTERPRISE

(24)

Introduction

(1)

Six roads to the top

(7)

The economic importance of the `top 100'

(7)

Managers and shareholders

(5)

The decline of Dutch multinationals

(4)

4 THE POLITICS OF A PILLARIZED SOCIETY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WELFARE STATE

(21)

The analytical framework

(2)

The slow rise of the welfare state

(5)

Agricultural policies and the `green front'

(4)

The big boom in government spending 1945-1980

(5)

The crisis of the welfare state

(5)

5 THE LABOUR MARKET

(19)

The late rise of trade unionism

(2)

Expansion and consolidation 1914-1940

(5)

Guided wage policy and the centralization of wage bargaining

(3)

From the guided wage policy to `wage leadership'

(2)

The rise in unemployment 1973-1983

(3)

Wage restraint and the Dutch `job machine'

(4)

6 THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: CATCHING UP 1914-1929

(15)

Macroeconomic performance

(2)

Depression and boom during World War I 1914-1921

(7)

Prosperity in the 1920s

100

(6)

7 THE LONG STAGNATION 1929-1949

106

(28)

Macroeconomic performance

106

(3)

The Great Depression 1929-1939

109

(9)

Occupation and exploitation 1940-1945

118

(5)

Recovery and reconstruction

123

(11)

8 THE GOLDEN YEARS 1950-1973

134

(24)

Macroeconomic performance

134

(7)

Agriculture, industry and services

141

(7)

Government policies: international competitiveness and demand management

148

(7)

Foreign economic policy

155

(3)

9 1973-1995: FALLING BEHIND AGAIN?

158

(24)

Macroeconomic performance

158

(5)

Exogenous shocks and domestic reactions: the 1970s

163

(7)

Depression and reorientation 1979-1985

170

(3)

New dynamism 1985-1995

173

(5)

Foreign economic policies and the development of the EU

178

(4)

Bibliography

182

(10)

Index

192

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The Economic History of The Netherlands 1914-1995: A Small Open Economy in the 'Long' Twentieth Century

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