Dealing with Dualities: The Daily Life of a Dutch King’s Commissioner

G.H. van Dorp, Wim van de Donk

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Abstract

In this chapter we set out to describe the work and craft of a King’s Commissioner (KC) in The Netherlands. Using a single case study design, based on diary analysis, interviews and document analysis, we argue that the office is highly personal and contextual in nature. KCs have considerable leeway in shaping their role, structured by the legal, political, economic, inter-personal and media realities of the situation. In our view, the incumbent KC needs to come to terms with at least three simultaneous dualities that require intentional role-taking: acting in-between national and provincial duties; in-between the province and various sub-regions within the province; and finally in-between the ‘positional’ and ‘personal’ interpretation of the office.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPrefects, Governors and Commissioners
Subtitle of host publicationTerritorial Representatives of the State in Europe
EditorsGildas Tanguy, Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages189-212
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-59396-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-59395-7, 978-3-030-59398-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Dec 2020

Publication series

NameGovernance and Public Management
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)2524-728X
ISSN (Electronic)2524-7298

Keywords

  • King’s Commissioner
  • The Netherlands
  • Provinces
  • Regions
  • Regional leadership

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