Public offices, personal demands : capability in governance in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic /: capability in governance in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jan Hartman, Jaap Nieuwstraten, and Michel Reinders.
• Other Names: Hartman, Jan; Nieuwstraten, Jaap; Reinders, Michel
• Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; LONG TERM TRENDS; URBAN RIOTS AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF "QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE"; CAPABILITY, PATRIMONIALISM AND BUREAUCRACY IN THE URBAN ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES; SCIENCE AND OFFICE; FIT TO MEASURE; THE IDEAL OF THE STATESMAN-HISTORIAN; CAPABILITY IN POLITICAL THOUGHT; WHY THE WEALTHY SHOULD RULE; MERCURY'S TWO FACES; CAPABILITY IN PRACTICE; CAPABILITY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF DUTCH CITIZENSHIP; SUBSERVIENT TO THE STADHOLDER; ENGLISH COMPARISON; OFFICE-HOLDING, PARTICIPATION AND ENGLAND'S 'MONARCHICAL REPUBLIC'
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 251 pages)
• Subjects: 351.49209032; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Public administration -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century; Netherlands -- Officials and employees -- History -- 17th century; Public administration -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Employees; Public administration; Social & cultural history; Social & political philosophy; Netherlands -- Officials and employees -- History -- 17th century; Netherlands; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443810128; 1443810126; 9781443810968; 1443810967
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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