Section III - Administrative Governance in a Historical Perspective
The added value of a historical dimension in this programme does not just consist of a 'pre-history' of current forms of administrative governance. The understanding of varieties in administrative governance, within a historical perspective, prompts us to look for patterns of recurrence beneath apparent novelties (i.e. historical manifestations of aspects of governance), and increases our awareness of alternative governance arrangements. The historical projects listed below emphasize change occurring over a longer time frame. To what extent, for example, is supra- and international administrative governance an enlargement of existing governance arrangements? Or, to put it differently, which dimensions of administrative governance, recognizable in present-day EU or world politics, have evident roots in history, and in what way have they changed? Furthermore, by highlighting concepts such as transnationalism, administrative reform, language and communication, epistemic communities, the historical projects help to consolidate the conceptual 'toolkit' of the programme as a whole.
Project 9: The Reform of National Administrations in Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands, 1919-1999 Contact person: dr. N. Randeraad
Project 10: The Language of Bureaucracy from the 19th Century to the Present Day Contact person: dr. N. Randeraad
Project 11: Internationalism and the transfer of administrative knowledge, 1840-1919 Contact person: dr. N. Randeraad