MEER, Frits M. Van der
Politisation ou pratiques politiques habituelles? Les Pays-Bas - Paris : IIAP, avril/juin 1998
The 'pillar' structure of Dutch society favours the practice of compromise and the search for consensus. These characteristics are to be found in the relations between politics and administration. The expansion of public activities has forced politicians to abandon a proportion of their powers in favour of high level civil servants who have woken up to the political dimension of their function. Although the political, administrative and social elite acts as a single entity, these three branches retain their distinctive positions; the differentiation between political and administrative competence is still utilised
Politisation ou pratiques politiques habituelles? Les Pays-Bas - Paris : IIAP, avril/juin 1998
The 'pillar' structure of Dutch society favours the practice of compromise and the search for consensus. These characteristics are to be found in the relations between politics and administration. The expansion of public activities has forced politicians to abandon a proportion of their powers in favour of high level civil servants who have woken up to the political dimension of their function. Although the political, administrative and social elite acts as a single entity, these three branches retain their distinctive positions; the differentiation between political and administrative competence is still utilised
