Policy-making in Dutch consensus democracy

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Why is Dutch policy making described as an orchestra without conductor?

Actors from all kinds of levels are engaged in policy making, sometimes without someone in the lead.

What is an administrative state?

The state has heavy responsibilities and those that deal with economic life

What is the biggest difference between the Root method and Branch method of the policy-making process?

The root method is a set-up process and the branch method is more spontaneous
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What is the Dutch form of policy-making process and how can you see this?

The Branch method: incrementalism means very few big steps and more little changes. The polder-model is working together in order to make policy, but this is also criticized with a stroperige staat

How is the SER an important example of tripartite/neo-corporatist negotiations?

There are 33 members, 11 of them are employers, 11 employees and 11 crown members that are appointed by the government

What is the iron-ring around Dutch politics?

Parliamentarians are limited in their role because a lot already has been discussed with for example the SER

What is the famous Wassenaar Agreement of 1982?

There was an economic crisis and  something had to be done. The government threatened to make a wage limit, which employers and employees wanted to prevent. They made an agreement with each other; a loonmatiging in exchange of shorter working time (special days off, less long pensions etc.) It worked.

In which three fases is the Dutch socio-economic plan separable?

The Dutch disease; oil crisis, wage restraint, WAO crisis etc.
The Dutch miracle; since 1985 till 2008 economic growth and employment
Fear of a 'double dip'; Euro- and Covid19 crisis and how will the state adapt to this?

What are economic parameters that shape Dutch economy?

Open economy with international trade, goods are still important for Rotterdam. Financial sector, tax haven, strict on EMU criteria, part-time culture for women, collective saving but huge private debts with mortgages

What are the three kinds of case-study research there are?

Co-variational analysis => many cases and you try to find a correlation
Congruence analysis => one unique case you want to explain, an outlier for example
Causal Process Tracing (CPT) => a few cases where you aim to these or build theories

What are the two options inside CPT?

A most different system design or a most similar systems design

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