Understanding the Dutch Elections of May 2002 Servaas Storm and C W M Naastepad

August 3, 2002

The outcome of the May 2002 elections in Netherlands has its roots in the country’s economic performance during the 1990s and is not merely a by-product of the economic success of the market-oriented government policies of the Kok-government.

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