The Dutch polder model recently dubbed a 'success story' by Bill Clinton and Jacques Delors - plays a prominent role in current discussions about possibilities for a new 'capitalism with a social face', and appeals to experts all over the world. Just ten years ago the Swedish sociologist G?ran Therborn described the Dutch employment policy as a 'spectacular failure'. The authors single out three policy changes to explain the 'miracle' that has taken place since then. The 'Dutch miracle' shows that it is difficult but not impossible to overcome the drawbacks of the welfare state and that in this age of globalization and integration, it remains necessary to coordinate policy on a national level as well. In the last section the authors investigate the dynamics of social-economic policy which will have to be developed under increasingly stringent international conditions
Author(s): Arnoud Visser
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 150
Contents......Page 6
1.
Introduction......Page 10
2.
Complex Systems......Page 16
3.
Application......Page 26
4.
Modeling Methodology......Page 46
5.
Calibration of the Traffic Model......Page 62
6. Modeling of
Dedicated Short Range Communication......Page 78
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An Architecture for a Virtual Traffic Laboratory......Page 96
8.
Discussion......Page 106
9.. Conclusion
......Page 112
Epilogue......Page 118
Summary......Page 120
Samenvatting......Page 124
Bibliography......Page 128
Author’s publications......Page 138
Project’s deliverables......Page 144
Acknowledgments......Page 150
