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This open access book examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. It applies the well-being monitor developed by Statistics Netherlands that has been endorsed by a significant part of the int
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Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development The Netherlands 1850–2050
Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development
Harry Lintsen • Frank Veraart • Jan-Pieter Smits John Grin
Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development The Netherlands 1850–2050 With Contributions from Fred Lambert, Ben Gales, Rick Hölsgens, Lilianne Laan and Frank Notten With the Assistance of Martijn Anthonissen, Önder Nomaler and Truus Lintsen
Harry Lintsen Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Frank Veraart Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Jan-Pieter Smits Statistics Netherlands The Hague, The Netherlands
John Grin University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cover Photo In the 1970s, concerns about nuclear waste and the impossibility of managing nuclear power not only stimulated a Broad Societal Debate in the Netherlands but also gave rise to massive protests ranging from refusals to pay a surcharge on the electricity bill – the so-called Kalkar levy – to demonstrations in Kalkar, the town where a joint German-Dutch-Belgian experimental reactor was being built. The picture was taken on Septe
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