Dutch pillarized system

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The Dutch pillarized system was a sociopolitical structure in the Netherlands in which society was divided into separate, largely self-contained ideological and religious blocs, each with its own institutions and political parties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf form of social segmentation
sociopolitical system
alsoKnownAs verzuiling
associatedWithConcept consociationalism
associatedWithScholar Arend Lijphart
basedOn ideological segmentation
religious segmentation
characterizedBy elite cooperation across pillars
limited interaction between pillars
separate institutions for each pillar
vertical social segmentation
country Netherlands
declinePeriod 1960s
1970s
effect limited cross-pillar social mobility
social cohesion within pillars
stable coalition governments
emergedInContextOf class conflict
industrialization in the Netherlands
religious pluralism in the Netherlands
governanceModel consociational democracy
hasInstitutionType broadcasting organizations
charitable organizations
employers' associations
hospitals
newspapers
political parties
schools
sports clubs
trade unions
universities
youth organizations
hasPart Catholic pillar
Liberal pillar
Protestant pillar
Socialist pillar
influencedBy religious emancipation
universal suffrage in the Netherlands
languageOfTerm Dutch
notablePoliticalParty Anti-Revolutionary Party
Catholic People’s Party
surface form: Catholic People's Party

Dutch Labour Party
surface form: Labour Party (Netherlands)

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
peakPeriod 1950s
interwar period
politicalExpression confessional parties
liberal parties
social democratic parties
process depillarization
replacedBy more secular and individualized society in the Netherlands
timePeriod 20th century
late 19th century

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Anti-Revolutionary Party partOf Dutch pillarized system