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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 217-235 |
| Journal | History of European Ideas |
| Volume | 36 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
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Adriaan Kluit’s Statistics and the Future of the Dutch State from a European perspective. / Stapelbroek, K.; Stamhuis, I.H.; Klep, P.M.M.
In: History of European Ideas, Vol. 36, 2010, p. 217-235.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Adriaan Kluit’s Statistics and the Future of the Dutch State from a European perspective
AU - Stapelbroek, K.
AU - Stamhuis, I.H.
AU - Klep, P.M.M.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This article discusses the early history of academic statistics in the Netherlands in relation to the reform challenges of the Dutch state. Statistics, before it developed into a predominantly quantitative social science, was adopted around 1800 by Adriaan Kluit as a method for shaping and articulating his political vision. Kluit's politics, the article suggests, echoed the specific outlook on the 'intrinsic power' of the Dutch Republic as a trading state that was developed during William IV's stadholderate in the mid eighteenth century. Through the ideas of later writers and statesmen who had trained as statisticians this same approach to envisaging the Dutch future in international trade and politics was carried over into nineteenth-century Dutch political economy and constitutional reform. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - This article discusses the early history of academic statistics in the Netherlands in relation to the reform challenges of the Dutch state. Statistics, before it developed into a predominantly quantitative social science, was adopted around 1800 by Adriaan Kluit as a method for shaping and articulating his political vision. Kluit's politics, the article suggests, echoed the specific outlook on the 'intrinsic power' of the Dutch Republic as a trading state that was developed during William IV's stadholderate in the mid eighteenth century. Through the ideas of later writers and statesmen who had trained as statisticians this same approach to envisaging the Dutch future in international trade and politics was carried over into nineteenth-century Dutch political economy and constitutional reform. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.
U2 - 10.1016/j.histeuroideas.2009.11.002
DO - 10.1016/j.histeuroideas.2009.11.002
M3 - Article
VL - 36
SP - 217
EP - 235
JO - History of European Ideas
JF - History of European Ideas
SN - 0191-6599
ER -