The great transformation and the questions

Jan-Pieter Smits; Harry Lintsen; Fred Lambert

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The great transformation and the questions

Jan-Pieter Smits, Harry Lintsen, Fred Lambert

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This chapter opens with an overview of Dutch society midway through the nineteenth century, showing that at the time poverty was the main social problem. This is followed by a comparison between the benchmark years 1850 and 2010. The comparison shows that over the course of the intervening 160 years, Dutch society realised a vast increase in well-being. Extreme poverty was gradually eliminated, though in so doing sustainability issues emerged. Economic modernisation made inordinate demands on natural capital. After 1960, in particular, economic growth had an increasingly negative impact on human well-being and on sustainability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Well-Being, Sustainability and Social Development
Subtitle of host publication	The Netherlands 1850-2050
Editors	Harry Lintsen, Frank Veraart, Jan-Pieter Smits, John Grin
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	2
Pages	25-44
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-76696-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-76695-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76696-6_2
Publication status	Published - 14 Jun 2018

Keywords

Natural capital
Poverty
Sustainability
Well-being

UN SDGs

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Well-Being, Sustainability and Social Development: The Netherlands 1850-2050. ed. / Harry Lintsen; Frank Veraart; Jan-Pieter Smits; John Grin. Cham: Springer, 2018. p. 25-44.

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