Adriejan van Veen is Assistant Professor of Political History at Radboud University Nijmegen, in the Netherlands. He specialises in the political culture of the Netherlands and Western Europe in the modern age. Specifically, Adriejan is interested in the history of political and societal organisation, and the theory and practice of such concepts as political representation and depoliticisation.Theo Jung is Professor of Modern History at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, in Germany, where he specialises in the history of European culture and politics during the long nineteenth century. His research focuses on structures and moments of political interaction, historical temporalities, and the history of various social practices.

• 1. Depoliticisation in Modern European Politics: An Introduction; Adriejan van Veen and Theo Jung.- 2. Historicising Depoliticisation: Dimensions of the Political and its Alternatives; Ido de Haan.- Part I: Discursive Depoliticisation: Ideas, Concepts, and Rhetoric.- 3. Depoliticisation after Revolution: Moderation, Science, and the State in the Nineteenth Century; Matthijs Lok.- 4. Between Religion and Politics: Constructing an Apolitical Sphere after the 1848–1849 German Revolutions; Tamar Kojman.- 5. Depoliticising Democracy: Technocratic Antipolitics in Dutch Interwar Political Culture (1917–1939); Ruben Ros.- 6. Depoliticising the Economy? Semantic Struggles about ‘Politics’ and ‘the Economy’ during the Weimar Republic and National Socialism;Stefan Scholl.- Part II: Doing Depoliticisation: Practices and Performances.- 7. “The Silent Citizen Became a Hero!” State, Civil Society, and the Depoliticisation of Dutch Society in the Restoration Era; Adriejan van Veen.- 8. Not Only Apathy and Disinterest: Abstention and the Blank Vote as Modes of Repoliticisation in Nineteenth-Century Europe; Oriol Luján.- 9. Planning the Technate: The Apolitical Politics of the 1930s’ Technocratic Movement in North America and Europe; Eva Visser.- 10. Depoliticisation in Danger of Repoliticisation? The Ambiguities of Gaullist Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns in the Early French Fifth Republic (1958–1969); Zoé Kergomard.- 11. Antipolitics as a Political Tool of Czech Dissent: From Earlier Roots to its Second Life after 1989; Adéla Gjuričová.-  Part III: Institutional Depoliticisation: Delegation and Neutralisation.- 12. Access Denied: The Institutional Depoliticisation of Representative Government during the Dutch Revolution, 1780–1801; Mart Rutjes.- 13. (Un)Political Islam? Contesting the Turkish State’s Depoliticisation of Islam; Jan-Markus Vömel.- 14. The Police and the Political: The Problem of Depoliticisation in Dutch Municipal Policing, 1945–2002; Wim de Jong.- 15. An Administered Society? Economic Planning and (De)Politicisation in the Late Franco Dictatorship; Anna Catharina Hofmann.- 16. Eliminating Pests, Eliminating Politics? The European Community’s Regulation of Pesticides, 1958–1991; Koen van Zon.

Adriejan van Veen is Assistant Professor of Political History at Radboud University Nijmegen, in the Netherlands. He specialises in the political culture of the Netherlands and Western Europe in the modern age. Specifically, Adriejan is interested in the history of political and societal organisation, and the theory and practice of such concepts as political representation and depoliticisation.Theo Jung is Professor of Modern History at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, in Germany, where he specialises in the history of European culture and politics during the long nineteenth century. His research focuses on structures and moments of political interaction, historical temporalities, and the history of various social practices.

• 1. Depoliticisation in Modern European Politics: An Introduction; Adriejan van Veen and Theo Jung.- 2. Historicising Depoliticisation: Dimensions of the Political and its Alternatives; Ido de Haan.- Part I: Discursive Depoliticisation: Ideas, Concepts, and Rhetoric.- 3. Depoliticisation after Revolution: Moderation, Science, and the State in the Nineteenth Century; Matthijs Lok.- 4. Between Religion and Politics: Constructing an Apolitical Sphere after the 1848–1849 German Revolutions; Tamar Kojman.- 5. Depoliticising Democracy: Technocratic Antipolitics in Dutch Interwar Political Culture (1917–1939); Ruben Ros.- 6. Depoliticising the Economy? Semantic Struggles about ‘Politics’ and ‘the Economy’ during the Weimar Republic and National Socialism;Stefan Scholl.- Part II: Doing Depoliticisation: Practices and Performances.- 7. “The Silent Citizen Became a Hero!” State, Civil Society, and the Depoliticisation of Dutch Society in the Restoration Era; Adriejan van Veen.- 8. Not Only Apathy and Disinterest: Abstention and the Blank Vote as Modes of Repoliticisation in Nineteenth-Century Europe; Oriol Luján.- 9. Planning the Technate: The Apolitical Politics of the 1930s’ Technocratic Movement in North America and Europe; Eva Visser.- 10. Depoliticisation in Danger of Repoliticisation? The Ambiguities of Gaullist Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns in the Early French Fifth Republic (1958–1969); Zoé Kergomard.- 11. Antipolitics as a Political Tool of Czech Dissent: From Earlier Roots to its Second Life after 1989; Adéla Gjuričová.-  Part III: Institutional Depoliticisation: Delegation and Neutralisation.- 12. Access Denied: The Institutional Depoliticisation of Representative Government during the Dutch Revolution, 1780–1801; Mart Rutjes.- 13. (Un)Political Islam? Contesting the Turkish State’s Depoliticisation of Islam; Jan-Markus Vömel.- 14. The Police and the Political: The Problem of Depoliticisation in Dutch Municipal Policing, 1945–2002; Wim de Jong.- 15. An Administered Society? Economic Planning and (De)Politicisation in the Late Franco Dictatorship; Anna Catharina Hofmann.- 16. Eliminating Pests, Eliminating Politics? The European Community’s Regulation of Pesticides, 1958–1991; Koen van Zon.

Adriejan van Veen is Assistant Professor of Political History at Radboud University Nijmegen, in the Netherlands. He specialises in the political culture of the Netherlands and Western Europe in the modern age. Specifically, Adriejan is interested in the history of political and societal organisation, and the theory and practice of such concepts as political representation and depoliticisation.Theo Jung is Professor of Modern History at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, in Germany, where he specialises in the history of European culture and politics during the long nineteenth century. His research focuses on structures and moments of political interaction, historical temporalities, and the history of various social practices.

• 1. Depoliticisation in Modern European Politics: An Introduction; Adriejan van Veen and Theo Jung.- 2. Historicising Depoliticisation: Dimensions of the Political and its Alternatives; Ido de Haan.- Part I: Discursive Depoliticisation: Ideas, Concepts, and Rhetoric.- 3. Depoliticisation after Revolution: Moderation, Science, and the State in the Nineteenth Century; Matthijs Lok.- 4. Between Religion and Politics: Constructing an Apolitical Sphere after the 1848–1849 German Revolutions; Tamar Kojman.- 5. Depoliticising Democracy: Technocratic Antipolitics in Dutch Interwar Political Culture (1917–1939); Ruben Ros.- 6. Depoliticising the Economy? Semantic Struggles about ‘Politics’ and ‘the Economy’ during the Weimar Republic and National Socialism;Stefan Scholl.- Part II: Doing Depoliticisation: Practices and Performances.- 7. “The Silent Citizen Became a Hero!” State, Civil Society, and the Depoliticisation of Dutch Society in the Restoration Era; Adriejan van Veen.- 8. Not Only Apathy and Disinterest: Abstention and the Blank Vote as Modes of Repoliticisation in Nineteenth-Century Europe; Oriol Luján.- 9. Planning the Technate: The Apolitical Politics of the 1930s’ Technocratic Movement in North America and Europe; Eva Visser.- 10. Depoliticisation in Danger of Repoliticisation? The Ambiguities of Gaullist Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns in the Early French Fifth Republic (1958–1969); Zoé Kergomard.- 11. Antipolitics as a Political Tool of Czech Dissent: From Earlier Roots to its Second Life after 1989; Adéla Gjuričová.-  Part III: Institutional Depoliticisation: Delegation and Neutralisation.- 12. Access Denied: The Institutional Depoliticisation of Representative Government during the Dutch Revolution, 1780–1801; Mart Rutjes.- 13. (Un)Political Islam? Contesting the Turkish State’s Depoliticisation of Islam; Jan-Markus Vömel.- 14. The Police and the Political: The Problem of Depoliticisation in Dutch Municipal Policing, 1945–2002; Wim de Jong.- 15. An Administered Society? Economic Planning and (De)Politicisation in the Late Franco Dictatorship; Anna Catharina Hofmann.- 16. Eliminating Pests, Eliminating Politics? The European Community’s Regulation of Pesticides, 1958–1991; Koen van Zon.