{"product_id":"no-nonsense-a-history-of-the-dutch-neoliberal-turn-paperback","title":"No Nonsense: A History of the Dutch Neoliberal Turn - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMerijn Oudenampsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHOW THE NETHERLANDS BECAME A HOTBED OF NEOLIBERALISM\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1980s, Dutch politics underwent a neoliberal turn overseen by the Christian Democrat Ruud Lubbers. It formed part of an interna­tional trend, famously spearheaded by Reagan and Thatcher. What was new, however, was the way Lubbers depoliticized his reforms and sold them to the public as 'no-nonsense' politics. When social democrats and trade unions came to embrace neoliberal reform in the mid-1990s, an elite consensus was forged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this path-breaking study, Merijn Oudenampsen traces the long shadow these developments cast over Dutch politics. Neoliberal­ism helped nurture the right-wing populism of Pim Fortuyn and Geert Wilders and inspired the austerity policies of the right-wing liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte. A bleak political template was created for the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerijn Oudenampsen is a political scientist, specialized in the study of political ideas. For his PhD, he studied the ideas behind the rise of right-wing populism in the Netherlands. It was published as \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Dutch New Right\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2021) and won the Choice Outstanding Academic Titles Award. Together with the historian Bram Mellink he wrote the book \u003ci\u003eNeoliberalisme: Een Nederlandse Geschiedenis\u003c\/i\u003e, which traces the history of neoliberalism in the Netherlands all the way back to the 1930s. He writes a column for the Dutch weekly \u003ci\u003eDe Groene Amsterdammer\u003c\/i\u003e and is based in Amsterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54466500264269,"sku":"9781804294192","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/CL6dSo5FC29781804294192.webp?v=1785948621","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/no-nonsense-a-history-of-the-dutch-neoliberal-turn-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}