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THE term verzuiling is widely used by sociologists and political scientists to describe the division of Dutch society and political life into vertical sections or zuilen (literally pillars). It therefore seems legitimate to adopt the term in this essay and so acquaint the reader with a key concept in Dutch sociology.
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© 1981 Uitgeverij Martinus Nijhoff, Lange Voorhout 9, Den Haag
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Bank, J. (1981). ‘Verzuiling’: A Confessional Road to Secularization. Emancipation and the Decline of Political Catholicism, 1920-1970.. In: Duke, A.C., Tamse, C.A. (eds) Britain and The Netherlands. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7695-5_10
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