Promoting societal engagement with nature is an important policy ambition of Dutch nature policy. This article provides an overview of how the provinces together with stakeholders have shaped their policy to increase the societal engagement of citizens with nature in recent years. The goals and governance modes embedded in the policy programs were analyzed, and results and experiences of the various involved parties with the policy were reviewed. Based on a national review and in dept study of three cases, this article describes different regional approaches for increasing societal engagement. In addition it discusses the recent developments within this policy field. |


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De veranderende rol van provincies bij de uitvoering van hun beleid voor maatschappelijke betrokkenheid bij natuur |
Trefwoorden | nature policy, governance strategies, Province, social engagement, Grants |
Auteurs | Tineke de Boer, Didi van Doren, Dana Kamphorst e.a. |
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Regionalisering in de ouderenzorgEen beleidssociologisch perspectief op grootschalige verandering |
Trefwoorden | decentered approach, health policy, Regionalization, regional networks, elderly care |
Auteurs | Jitse Schuurmans, Oemar van der Woerd, Roland Bal e.a. |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Regionalization is foregrounded among policymakers as a solution to the complex problems elderly care is facing, such as a pertinent staff shortage, a greying population and a lack of suitable accommodation. In this article, following a decentered approach, we analyze how field parties like nursing homes and policymakers in interaction give shape to regional collaborations within a market-oriented institutional healthcare context. Our findings show the emerging frictions, due to layered institutional arrangements and the proliferation of policy initiatives and partnerships. We find different responses of institutional actors to these frictions; actors holding off closer regional cooperation, actors creating urgency and commitment to organize care regionally, creating interstices in rules and regulations and building regional networks and care infrastructures. We argue that a focus on the iterative processes through which actors on different layers of the healthcare system give shape to policies adds a valuable perspective to the study of policy changes. We conclude that ‘layered work’ – mobilizing and working with and between different organizational and policy layers simultaneously – is required to develop appropriate (layered) ways to deal with complex problems. |
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Interbestuurlijke verhoudingen in de bed-bad-broodcasusEen lokaal perspectief |
Trefwoorden | policy freedom, multilevel governance, principal agent theory, stewardship theory, management style |
Auteurs | Niek Bakker |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
This article describes the relationship between central government and municipalities and to what extent this relationship has an impact on local decision-making. The commonly used characterization of this relationship as a principal-agent relationship offers many leads but has some shortcomings. That is why this is compared with the stewardship theory, assuming a more equal and constructive cooperation. Both theories have been incorporated into a broader model on management styles, which creates a more nuanced description of the cooperation in public administration. The article focuses on the case of Rotterdam in 2015, at a time of political turmoil in the Netherlands about the shelter of people without residence permit. The analysis is carried out using a measuring instrument for policy freedom, as policy freedom is a good determinant for which management style is used. The research is conducted from a local perspective, with emphasis on the position of councilors. The national government sometimes profiles itself as a principal to them, but in practice council members resist and turn the relationship around, hereby holding the government accountable for its role and responsibility. |
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Waarom ontbreekt een conservatieve politieke partij in Nederland? |
Trefwoorden | Dutch political history, conservatism, populism, pillarization, regency |
Auteurs | Ron Stevens |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Because of the existing conservative-religious set of values in a dominant bourgeois culture, as historian Von der Dunk concluded in 1975, a conservative political party never came to fruition. In this article the author examines this observation on the basis of politically pivotal years: 1868, 1917, 1950, 1972 and 2002. At these moments the connection of the conservative-religious values with the age-old regent administrative culture appears to be cast in iron. |
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Klokkenluiden in de wetenschapIn het hol van de leeuw |
Trefwoorden | whistleblowing, research integrity, research misconduct, retaliation, stress |
Auteurs | Steven De Peuter en Gert Storms |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Research integrity has received increased attention, in the literature as well as in policy. A host of initiatives is supporting its promotion. However, misconduct will not cease to exist and needs to be reported, by whistleblowers. It takes a lot of courage to blow the whistle as it can have an enormous impact on the whistleblower’s career and personal well-being – and that of colleagues and researchers associated with the perpetrator. Therefore, it is important to be cognisant of the stressful process that accompanies the act of whistleblowing, to provide clear and accessible procedures to report misconduct, and to support whistleblowers throughout the process. Furthermore, it is essential that appropriate whistleblower protection measures are in place and enforced. Based on the current review of the literature, we provide some recommendations for policy and argue that an obligation to report scientific misconduct would currently do more harm than good. |