Managerpolitiek. Waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebben
<p><strong>Manager Politics: Why Historians should be Aware of Management</strong></p><p>This article pleads for the incorporation of methods of (public) management and public administration sciences in the writing of political (cultural) history. These help historians...
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description | <p><strong>Manager Politics: Why Historians should be Aware of Management</strong></p><p>This article pleads for the incorporation of methods of (public) management and public administration sciences in the writing of political (cultural) history. These help historians to become more sensitive to the language and influence of managers and management in politics, enabling them to understand the era of manager politics that established itself from the 1980s onwards. The insights and gains of the new approach are illustrated by the case of Dutch politics during the cabinets of Prime Ministers Lubbers (1982-1994) and Kok (1994 2002) that show how politics became dominated by management. This led to important changes in the complement of staffing and behaviour of political parties, the cabinet and the public administration. How manager politics altered power relations is illustrated by the easy adoption of new routines and policies based on management (gurus).</p><p> </p><p>This article is part of the <a href="/424/volume/127/issue/2/">forum</a> 'Manager Politics'.</p> |
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spelling | doaj.art-140b6263daa241c4872c7fd52daec8682022-12-22T04:14:27Zengopenjournals.nlBMGN: Low Countries Historical Review0165-05052211-28982012-06-0112729711210.18352/bmgn-lchr.80788011Managerpolitiek. Waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebbenRonald Kroeze0Sjoerd Keulen1Sjoerd Keulen2VU University AmsterdamUniversity of AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam<p><strong>Manager Politics: Why Historians should be Aware of Management</strong></p><p>This article pleads for the incorporation of methods of (public) management and public administration sciences in the writing of political (cultural) history. These help historians to become more sensitive to the language and influence of managers and management in politics, enabling them to understand the era of manager politics that established itself from the 1980s onwards. The insights and gains of the new approach are illustrated by the case of Dutch politics during the cabinets of Prime Ministers Lubbers (1982-1994) and Kok (1994 2002) that show how politics became dominated by management. This led to important changes in the complement of staffing and behaviour of political parties, the cabinet and the public administration. How manager politics altered power relations is illustrated by the easy adoption of new routines and policies based on management (gurus).</p><p> </p><p>This article is part of the <a href="/424/volume/127/issue/2/">forum</a> 'Manager Politics'.</p>https://www.bmgn-lchr.nl/articles/8078Political Culture |
spellingShingle | Ronald Kroeze Sjoerd Keulen Sjoerd Keulen Managerpolitiek. Waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebben BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review Political Culture |
title | Managerpolitiek. Waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebben |
title_full | Managerpolitiek. Waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebben |
title_fullStr | Managerpolitiek. Waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebben |
title_full_unstemmed | Managerpolitiek. Waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebben |
title_short | Managerpolitiek. Waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebben |
title_sort | managerpolitiek waarom historici oog voor management moeten hebben |
topic | Political Culture |
url | https://www.bmgn-lchr.nl/articles/8078 |
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