Henk-Jan Dekker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4082964 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henk-Jan Dekker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henk-Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Dekker |
| SIGNATURE | DEKKER H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9435-2549 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Black bread, white bread, and carbon lock-in: Shifting economic views of the Belgian coal industry (1840s–1930s)
Belgium experienced early industrialisation based on coal. Economists soon realised that these resources were essential for development, with coal being referred to as the “black bread” of the industry. Gradually, attention turned to the mining sector as a source of social stability, political empowerment, and national cohesion. Coal became a source of “white bread.” This article examines these evolving views from the 1840s to the 1930s, arguing …
Modernizing the German forest—How a changing economy divided forestry economists, 1850-1900
The historiography of energy and industrialization characterizes the nineteenth century as the age of coal. Wood is rather seen as a pre-modern energy source. In line with this, the historiography on wood and forests focuses on the eighteenth century and the pioneering role of German foresters in determining sustainable management practices. Recently, historians have argued that wood remained a more important staple of industry in the nineteenth …
Discounting the future: The ascendancy of a political technology
Sociale ongelijkheid in een hoogmobiele wereld: Een post-covid, historisch perspectief op alledaagse mobiliteit
Social inequality in a highly mobile world. A post-Covid, historical perspective on everyday mobility The Covid pandemic profoundly disrupted global and local mobility patterns. Commuting, a practice that has become increasingly common over the past century, suddenly stopped for many people. At the same time people in certain professions were forced to remain mobile, risky as that was. This raises questions about the inequalities that exist in ou…
Between Protest and Counter-Expertise: User Knowledge, Activism, and the Making of Urban Cycling Networks in the Netherlands Since the 1970s
Around 1970, high numbers of traffic casualties among cyclists led to the creation of numerous local protest movements in the Netherlands. While activists employed protest strategies, their main interest lie in the way they exemplify a highly successful instance of “lay expertise”; the idea that users of a technology have a fundamentally different and valuable perspective on a technology than experts or system-builders. Specifically, cyclists cla…
An accident of history? How mopeds boosted Dutch cycling infrastructure (1950–1970)
This article argues that mopeds played an ambivalent but ultimately positive role in the long-term success of Dutch cycling. Unlike in many other countries, Dutch cycling levels dropped but remained significant throughout the 1950s and 1960s, partly because cycling infrastructure continued to be constructed. One underexplored factor explaining this is the role of mopeds in the 1950s. The Netherlands constructed a significant network of cycle path…
Mobility protests in the Netherlands of the 1970s: Activism, innovation, and transitions
With the Netherlands having the world's highest cycling rates, many see its current cycling policies as a model for the transition to sustainable transportation systems. Understanding these high cycling rates, however, requires understanding the geographic, historical, and institutional context in which social movements, working with government actors, helped stop a rapid decline in cycling rates between the 1950s and the 1970s in the Netherlands…
Mobility protests in the Netherlands of the 1970s: Activism, innovation, and transitions
With the Netherlands having the world's highest cycling rates, many see its current cycling policies as a model for the transition to sustainable transportation systems. Understanding these high cycling rates, however, requires understanding the geographic, historical, and institutional context in which social movements, working with government actors, helped stop a rapid decline in cycling rates between the 1950s and the 1970s in the Netherlands…
An accident of history? How mopeds boosted Dutch cycling infrastructure (1950–1970)
This article argues that mopeds played an ambivalent but ultimately positive role in the long-term success of Dutch cycling. Unlike in many other countries, Dutch cycling levels dropped but remained significant throughout the 1950s and 1960s, partly because cycling infrastructure continued to be constructed. One underexplored factor explaining this is the role of mopeds in the 1950s. The Netherlands constructed a significant network of cycle path…
An accident of history? How mopeds boosted Dutch cycling infrastructure (1950–1970)
This article argues that mopeds played an ambivalent but ultimately positive role in the long-term success of Dutch cycling. Unlike in many other countries, Dutch cycling levels dropped but remained significant throughout the 1950s and 1960s, partly because cycling infrastructure continued to be constructed. One underexplored factor explaining this is the role of mopeds in the 1950s. The Netherlands constructed a significant network of cycle path…
Mobility protests in the Netherlands of the 1970s: Activism, innovation, and transitions
With the Netherlands having the world's highest cycling rates, many see its current cycling policies as a model for the transition to sustainable transportation systems. Understanding these high cycling rates, however, requires understanding the geographic, historical, and institutional context in which social movements, working with government actors, helped stop a rapid decline in cycling rates between the 1950s and the 1970s in the Netherlands…
Between Protest and Counter-Expertise: User Knowledge, Activism, and the Making of Urban Cycling Networks in the Netherlands Since the 1970s
Around 1970, high numbers of traffic casualties among cyclists led to the creation of numerous local protest movements in the Netherlands. While activists employed protest strategies, their main interest lie in the way they exemplify a highly successful instance of “lay expertise”; the idea that users of a technology have a fundamentally different and valuable perspective on a technology than experts or system-builders. Specifically, cyclists cla…
Sociale ongelijkheid in een hoogmobiele wereld: Een post-covid, historisch perspectief op alledaagse mobiliteit
Social inequality in a highly mobile world. A post-Covid, historical perspective on everyday mobility The Covid pandemic profoundly disrupted global and local mobility patterns. Commuting, a practice that has become increasingly common over the past century, suddenly stopped for many people. At the same time people in certain professions were forced to remain mobile, risky as that was. This raises questions about the inequalities that exist in ou…
Discounting the future: The ascendancy of a political technology
Black bread, white bread, and carbon lock-in: Shifting economic views of the Belgian coal industry (1840s–1930s)
Belgium experienced early industrialisation based on coal. Economists soon realised that these resources were essential for development, with coal being referred to as the “black bread” of the industry. Gradually, attention turned to the mining sector as a source of social stability, political empowerment, and national cohesion. Coal became a source of “white bread.” This article examines these evolving views from the 1840s to the 1930s, arguing …
Modernizing the German forest—How a changing economy divided forestry economists, 1850-1900
The historiography of energy and industrialization characterizes the nineteenth century as the age of coal. Wood is rather seen as a pre-modern energy source. In line with this, the historiography on wood and forests focuses on the eighteenth century and the pioneering role of German foresters in determining sustainable management practices. Recently, historians have argued that wood remained a more important staple of industry in the nineteenth …
Political science (4 works) · Cycling (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works)