Reforming outdoor relief. Changes in urban provisions for the poor in the northern and southern Low Countries (c. 1500-1800) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The history of public services in the Netherlands is incomplete without a study of social care. Nowadays, social protection is probably one of the most important public provisions, being largely a responsibility of central governments, financed by direct taxation. Within Europe, Belgium and the Netherlands together with some other Western-European nations are topping the bill in expenditure on social protection as a percentage of their GDP ...