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Een nieuw sociaal contract by Pieter Omtzigt

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p1m's review against another edition

3.0

In zo'n 200 paginas werkt Omtzigt een verfrissend perspectief uit over de problemen in Nederland, en hoe het beter kan. Daarnaast zijn er ook zeer gedetailleerde en technische analyses van de verschillende dossiers die op het bureau van Omtzigt hebben gelegen. Aan de hand van data en wat berekeningen laat Omtzigt zien hoe het beleid van verschillende overheidsinstanties de laatste jaren gefaald heeft. Over het algemeen was dit zeker een interessant boek, en ik raad het aan voor iedereen die in de politiek geïnteresseerd is, zeker gezien de aankomende verkiezingen.

Toch vond ik de tekst wat chaotisch. Ik had regelmatig moeite met het volgen van de rode draad, en ik heb meerdere keren terug moeten bladeren. Het interview aan het begin voegde ook niet veel toe. Goede inhoud en een sterke visie, maar een verwarrende presentatie.

doler12's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

zral_noim's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

izzydelaya's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

andrewspink's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

2.0

I think that it is a fair assumption that the vast majority of people who say they will vote for Peter Omtzigt in recent polls have not read this book. Parts of it are very dry and boring. Even when I find myself agreeing with his conclusions, he doesn't fill me with enthusiasm about how he reaches them. Much of his argument consists of taking the constitution as a sort of Bible and measuring everything against that. He comes across as more of a lawyer than a politician. Indeed he says that he disapproves of politicians campaigning when instead they should be controlling the government. Sometimes he seems to get so bogged down in detail that he looses sight of the big picture. One of the most scandalous aspects of the scandalous 'toeslag affair' is that the tax service systematically discriminated against people with two passports. That structural racism is against Article 1 of the constitution that he refers to so often, but in the while chapter on that topic, it is only mentioned in passing. Apparently this was not an important issue for him.
I was disappointed with this book. Whilst I agreed with the majority of his conclusions, the text was largely dry and boring and he seemed to have difficulty separating minor from important issues.