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Public offices, personal demands : capability in governance in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic / edited by Jan Hartman, Jaap Nieuwstraten, and Michel Reinders

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Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
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1 online resource (x, 251 pages)
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Hartman, Jan, Nieuwstraten, Jaap, 1980-, and Reinders, Michel, 1979-
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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'
Summary
Public Offices, Personal Demands presents a novel perspective on European politics in the seventeenth-century. Its focus lies on the Dutch Republic, that surprising anomaly, often described as a miracle or enigma, admired by many during this age. This collection of essays explores one of the most fundamental questions of seventeenth-century governance: what makes a person capable for office? Contemporary viewpoints are discussed by a range of scholars from different historical disciplines. As ...
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9781443810128 (hbk.)
1443810126 (hbk.)
9781443810968 (electronic bk.)
1443810967 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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