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The Netherlands Agendas Project studies the policy outputs of the national government.
Principal Investigator: Arco Timmermans and Gerard Breeman
Location: Leiden University, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
Email: a.timmermans@fgga.leidenuniv.nl; g.e.breeman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
Downloadable Data Series:
6
Time Span:
1945-2024
Total Observations:
72,062
Sponsoring Institutions
Part of the project was financed by the PBL National Environmental Assessment Agency (former MNP) and the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
Netherlands
Featured Research:Myths and milestones: the Europeanization of the legislative agenda
Breeman, G. and A. Timmermans (2012) Myths and milestones: the Europeanization of the legislative agenda in the Netherlands. In: Brouard, S., König, T., Olivier (Eds.). (Studies in Public Choice): The Europeanization of Domestic Legislatures. The Empirical Implications of the Delors' Myth in Nine Countries. New York: Springer. Read more
Morality Issues in the Netherlands: Coalition Politics under Pressure
Timmermans, A and G. Breeman (2012) Morality Issues in the Netherlands: Coalition Politics under Pressure, In: I. Engeli, Chr.Green-Pedersen and L. Thorup Larsen (eds) Morality Politics in Western Europe: Parties, Agendas and Policy Choices, (pp 35-61). Basingstoke: Palgrave. Read more
The Policy Agenda in Multiparty Government
Timmermans, A and G. Breeman (2014) The Policy Agenda in Multiparty Government: Coalition Agreements and Legislative Activity in the Netherlands. In: C. Green-Pedersen and S. Walgrave (eds.) Agenda Setting, Policies and Political Systems: A Comparative Approach, pp. 86-104, Chicago: Chicago University Press. Read more
Political Attention in a Coalition System
Breeman, G., D. Lowery, C. Poppelaars, S. Resodihardjo, A. Timmermans, and J. de Vries (2009). Political Attention in a Coalition System: Analysing Queen's Speches in the Netherlands 1945-2007, Acta Politica 44(1), 1–27. Read more
Effects of core functions of government on diversity of executive agendas
Jennings, W., S. Bevan, A. Timmermans, G. Breeman, S. Brouard, L. Chaques-Bonafont, C. Green-Pedersen, P. John, P. Mortensen, and A. Palau (2011) Effects of the core functions of government on the diversity of executive agendas, Comparative Political Studies 44(8): 1001-1030. Read more
Analysing Local Policy Agendas
Breeman, G, P. Scholten, and A. Timmermans (2014) Analysing Local Policy Agendas: How Dutch Municipal Executive Coalition Allocate Attention, Local Governement Studies, June 20, online first. Read more