In his new book Mutual Insurance 1550-2015 Marco van Leeuwen establishes and scrutinizes the track record of mutual insurance from 1550 to the present.
Opinion article by Beatrice de Graaf in newspaper NRC Handelsblad about Putin, who is introducing a new form of nineteenth-century Great Power politics.
Beatrice de Graaf and Henk Kummeling discuss Lars Behrisch's new book Democracy’s Double Helix, which explores the historical roots of modern democracy.
Democracy is more than just elections, but elections are an important aspect of our democracy. We are not only choosing a political party, but also the rules that politicians must adhere to. Has democracy itself become the subject of the elections?
