Dutch housing policy in the 80s and 90s: Growing uncertainties

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-213
Author(s):  
Hugo Priemus
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Dutch Housing

The Mediation of Bureaucratic-Professional Influence: Decentralization in Dutch Housing Policy

1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 607-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
The State ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Bureaucratic Autonomy ◽  
Dutch Housing ◽  
Professional Power

The influence of state bureaucrats and professionals on public policy is empirically and theoretically problematic. Recent work concerning the ‘dual politics thesis' has suggested that bureaucratic autonomy will flourish particularly at the regional level of the state. Evidence about decentralization in the Dutch housing system is reviewed which generally supports this thesis. However, it is argued that regional bureaucratic and professional power in housing policy, and the specific institutional arrangements for decentralization, must also be explained in terms of the distinctive nature of Dutch pillarized society and politics.

POLICY REVIEW - Regime Shifts in Dutch Housing Policy

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem G. M. Salet
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Regime Shifts ◽  
Policy Review ◽  
Dutch Housing

scholarly journals Dutch housing policy realigned

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Boelhouwer ◽  
Hugo Priemus
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Dutch Housing

Cutback Contradictions in Dutch Housing Policy

1986 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Dutch Politics ◽  
Social Cleavages ◽  
Housing Subsidies ◽  
Dutch Housing ◽  
Levels Of Support ◽  
The Welfare State

ABSTRACTThis paper describes housing policy in the Netherlands and the current crisis over subsidies. It argues that the development of the welfare state, the housing system, and recent retrenchment contain contradictions which reflect the distinctive nature of Dutch politics and social structure. In particular, it suggests that the existence of pillarized social cleavages has been influential in the growth of a progressive welfare state, in providing a secure base for social rented housing, and in sustaining high levels of support for spending on housing subsidies. Expenditure cutbacks and measures for administrative rationalization are outlined, and some of the contradictory effects on housing policy are examined.

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