Beschreibung
Since the Second World War, liberalism has been much stronger in the
Netherlands than in Germany. The present volume compares the development
of liberalism in both countries – which took place under quite different
conditions and without much mutual interaction – from the early beginnings
in the nineteenth century down to the twenty-first century.
It tries to explain why Dutch liberals are nowadays doing better than
their German counterparts.
Patrick van Schie is director of the Telders Foundation, the Dutch liberal think thank.
Gerrit Voerman is director of the Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
