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A revised and updated version of
Abraham Kuyper: An Annotated Bibliography 1857-2010 by Tjitze Kuipers (2011)

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1908

1908.18
Zelfstandig gemeentewezen. Inleidend woord bij de stichting van den Bond van Antirevolutionaire gemeenteraadsleden.
Den Haag, J. Bootsma 1908. 18 pp., 24cm.—ƒ0.25.
Published: July 1908.
RKB 179.
ET: Independent municipalism. Opening words upon the foundation of the Federation of Anti-Revolutionary Municipal Councilmen.

Kuyper opened the inaugural meeting of the Federation of Anti-Revolutionary Municipal Councilmen in the Netherlands by delivering this speech in Utrecht on July 1, 1908. After a short historical narrative, he addresses several practical matters and provides concrete advice and perspectives for Anti-Revolutionary municipal politicians. He returns once more to the concept of vrijmaking [liberation], which he now interprets as liberation from the spirit of centralization. In Kuyper’s view centralization was undermining the historical privileges of town and village governments by illegitimately imposing uniform regulations. In his speech Kuyper also states his opinion that mayors should be publicly elected (Dutch mayors are appointed by the Crown). Finally, he calls on the new federation to assist in creating a new municipal law, which would foster the independence of municipalities from the central government.