This book examines the role of the Dutch Catholic church, and especially of the bishops, in ensuring the solidarity of the Catholic subculture for so many years and, more remarkably, in promoting drastic social and political changes after Vatican II. This development transformed one of the most orthodox churches in Western Europe into the most radical and, as Professor Bakvis demonstrates, led to the decline and fall of the largest political party in the Netherlands. The author also discusses the recent formulation of the Christian Democratic party and the impact of John Paul II's pontificate. He has drawn upon interviews with priests and politicians, as well as survey and ecological data, in his portrayal of life inside the Catholic subculture at both the grass-roots and the elite levels. The result is a substantial contribution to our understanding of the interaction of religion and politics in a plural society and the sources of party loyalty and subcultural cohesion.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography: p.[219]-231
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 324.2492/08
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-ne---
- ISBN
- 0773503617 9780773560772
- LCCN
- JN5985.K38
- LCCN Item number
- B34 1981eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOTY
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiii, 240 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00201032 (OCoLC)243568953 (CaOOCEL)400922
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Tables 10
- Figures 11
- Preface 12
- 1 Introduction 16
- 2 The Dutch Catholic Community: Ethnicity, Ideology, Organization, and Clientele 25
- 1. The Ethnic Dimension 28
- 2. Ideology 34
- 3. Organization 43
- 4. Clientele 62
- 5. Summary 71
- 3 Dutch Catholic Politics 73
- 1. The Catholic Party 74
- 2. Mobilization 93
- 3. The Vote 101
- 4. Summary 110
- 4 The Theological Revolt and Changes in the Catholic Community 112
- 1. Changes within the Church 113
- 2. Changes in the Clientele 125
- 3. Mobilization 132
- 4. Socio-Economic Organizations and Deconfessionalization 136
- 5. Summary 146
- 5 The Catholic Party: Decline and Fall, 1963–1980 148
- 1. Organizational Decline 148
- 2. The Vote, 1963–1977 161
- 3. Summary 187
- 6 Conclusion: Political Change and the Future of Catholic Power 189
- Appendixes 202
- 1 Interview Procedures 202
- 2 Aggregate Data and the Catholic Vote 204
- Notes 206
- Bibliography 234
- Index 248
- A 248
- B 248
- C 249
- D 251
- E 251
- F 251
- G 251
- H 252
- I 252
- J 252
- K 252
- L 252
- M 252
- N 252
- O 253
- P 253
- Q 253
- R 253
- S 254
- T 254
- U 254
- V 254
- W 255
- Y 255
- Z 255
