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175 years of the Constitution: ‘Its dryness makes it a success' 03 November 2023
175 years ago, the Netherlands took great strides towards parliamentary democracy with a revamped Constitution. Where does the Constitution stand today?
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This is what our experts say about the departure of Mark Rutte 10 July 2023
Mark Rutte: an exceptional politician whose time was up. What are the consequences of Rutte’s departure for the VVD (Party for Freedom) and Dutch poli...
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Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives' 02 June 2023
As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectivenes...
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Our government should be more resilient 09 January 2023
A fragmented political landscape, permanent pressure from current affairs and an increasingly political civil service: our government faces many chall...
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Leiden Law School receives praise during research evaluation 02 November 2022
Every six years, the research conducted at all law schools in the Netherlands is evaluated during a research evaluation. On 6 and 7 October, it was Le...
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Getting to grips with invisible interests 09 September 2022
With the childcare benefits scandal in the Netherlands, certain interests in society were hidden for long to politics and governance. With the farmers...
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Three new Leiden bloggers for Faces of Science 07 March 2022
What is life like as an academic? Twelve PhD candidates will report on their daily work in videos and blogs on the Faces of Science website (in Dutch...
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’ 06 January 2022
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minorit...
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‘Perhaps a small party in the negotiations after all’ 18 March 2021
Now the election results are in, how should we interpret them? Time to call Associate Professor in Political Science Tom Louwerse.
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Leiden scientists discuss elections in online session 11 March 2021
During the online panel discussion ‘Het spel en de macht’ (the game and the power) held on 9 March, six members of Leiden’s Centre for Dutch Politics ...