Maartje Janse
Biographic Data
| ID | 4246363 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maartje Janse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maartje |
| FAMILY NAME | Janse |
| SIGNATURE | JANSE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9404-5917 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What Value Should We Attach to All These Petitions?”
This article focuses on large-scale petitioning campaigns, or petitionnementen as they were called, organized between 1828 and 1878, including contemporary reflections and debates on this new phenomenon. Although there were only a handful of petitionnementen, they had a remarkable impact—not only on the issues at hand but also on the balance of power between Crown, Cabinet, Parliament, and people. Mass petitions necessarily challenged the politic…
Organizing Democracy
Holland as a Little England'? British Anti-Slavery Missionaries and Continental Abolitionist Movements in the Mid Nineteenth Century
Standard accounts of nineteenth-century anti-slavery movements have depicted a European continent largely marked by a lack of interest in, or compassion for, the plight of the slaves. On the Continent the ‘sounds of silence’ prevailed, in contrast to the emotional outcry against slavery heard in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States.1 The continental anti-slavery movement was never really successful: the few efforts to combat slavery w…
Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism
The success of fascist and communist regimes has long been explained by their ability to turn political ideology into a type of religion. These innovative essays explore the notion that all forms of m
Foreign Examples as Eye Openers and Justification
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Dutch movement against stamp duty, as well as the Dutch anti-prostitution movement, was strongly influenced by British examples. In the first case, the prestigious model of the Anti-Corn Law League made democratic political action in a respectable, dignified and effective manner conceivable. In the second case the British campaign against ‘regulated vice’ proved that moral movements could enter th…
Holland as a Little England'? British Anti-Slavery Missionaries and Continental Abolitionist Movements in the Mid Nineteenth Century
Standard accounts of nineteenth-century anti-slavery movements have depicted a European continent largely marked by a lack of interest in, or compassion for, the plight of the slaves. On the Continent the ‘sounds of silence’ prevailed, in contrast to the emotional outcry against slavery heard in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States.1 The continental anti-slavery movement was never really successful: the few efforts to combat slavery w…
What Value Should We Attach to All These Petitions?”
This article focuses on large-scale petitioning campaigns, or petitionnementen as they were called, organized between 1828 and 1878, including contemporary reflections and debates on this new phenomenon. Although there were only a handful of petitionnementen, they had a remarkable impact—not only on the issues at hand but also on the balance of power between Crown, Cabinet, Parliament, and people. Mass petitions necessarily challenged the politic…
Foreign Examples as Eye Openers and Justification
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Dutch movement against stamp duty, as well as the Dutch anti-prostitution movement, was strongly influenced by British examples. In the first case, the prestigious model of the Anti-Corn Law League made democratic political action in a respectable, dignified and effective manner conceivable. In the second case the British campaign against ‘regulated vice’ proved that moral movements could enter th…
Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism
The success of fascist and communist regimes has long been explained by their ability to turn political ideology into a type of religion. These innovative essays explore the notion that all forms of m
Holland as a Little England'? British Anti-Slavery Missionaries and Continental Abolitionist Movements in the Mid Nineteenth Century
Standard accounts of nineteenth-century anti-slavery movements have depicted a European continent largely marked by a lack of interest in, or compassion for, the plight of the slaves. On the Continent the ‘sounds of silence’ prevailed, in contrast to the emotional outcry against slavery heard in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States.1 The continental anti-slavery movement was never really successful: the few efforts to combat slavery w…
Organizing Democracy
What Value Should We Attach to All These Petitions?”
This article focuses on large-scale petitioning campaigns, or petitionnementen as they were called, organized between 1828 and 1878, including contemporary reflections and debates on this new phenomenon. Although there were only a handful of petitionnementen, they had a remarkable impact—not only on the issues at hand but also on the balance of power between Crown, Cabinet, Parliament, and people. Mass petitions necessarily challenged the politic…
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