Lammert de Jong served as resident-representative of the Netherlands government in the Netherlands Antilles from 1985 to 1998. He concluded his civil service career as Counsellor to the Netherlands government on Kingdom relations. His most recent book is: Being Dutch, more or less. In a Comparative Perspective of USA and Caribbean Practices. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers, 2010.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How European Union switchboard "demoicracy" worksThe complexity of the changing nation-state under the duress of globalization is currently snagged on a simplistic...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Understanding European democracyMinstrels must demonstrate musical nerve, whether in Brussels or in their national headquarters. If not, they are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A march on Brussels? Never say never!Conservative and nationalist blocks have successfully politicized Euro-elections. The other parties must clearly...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reframing? Europe needs bifocals
Take note of the very effective frames the populist anti-Europe parties apply. The previous frame was a technocratic...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Updating Europe's narrative: "It's the citizen, stupid!"The founding fathers of the European Union had the citizen in mind, which makes European citizenship a centrepiece...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Transcending tolerance? The evolution of Dutch DNAVisitors to the Amsterdam Museum are now met with the immodest claim that tolerance is part and parcel of the...