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Jan Glastra van Loon

Born in Indonesia in 1920, Glastra van Loon studied medicine, philosophy and sociology in Groningen, London, Amsterdam, Leiden, Salzburg and Gottingen. In 1965 he obtained his doctorate in legal studies. Former Rector of the Institute of Social Studies, Glastra van Loon was also politically active, advocating for the introduction of the elected prime minister and electoral structure based on a post system in the Netherlands, and holding the position of State Secretary of Justice in the Cabinet Den Uyl, as well as being a member of the Senate.

 

Bibliography

De Platoonse cirkel: filosofische beschouwingen en actueel-maatschappelijke opstellen / Jan Glastra van Loon; samengest. door Piet Hein van den Brandhof en Kees Schuyt. Budel: Damon, 2001 – 192 pages.

Van ideologie tot politieke verantwoordelijkheid: pleidooi voor een aktieve betrokkenheid bij rechtsstaat en democratie / Jan Glastra van Loon en anderen. Den Haag: Stichting Wetenschappelijk Bureau D66, 1997, 39 pages.

Humanisme in humanistisch raadswerk: een debat rond de levensbeschouwelijke leegte danwel ruimte in het humanistische raadswerk / [bijdr. van] Jan Hein Mooren, Harry Kunneman, Jan Glastra van Loon, Alphons van Dijk. Ermelo: Interior, 1993, 76 pages.

Facts are not facts / J.F. Glastra van Loon / J.F. GLASTRA VAN LOON. - The Hague: ISS, 1973. - 11 pages.

Education, government and development / J.F. Glastra van Loon / J.F. GLASTRA VAN LOON. - The Hague ISS, 1972. - 17 pages.

Science and the development of society: a discussion paper / Godfried van Benthem van den Bergh, Jan F. Glastra van Loon, Emile V.W. Vercruijsse / G. van BENTHEM VAN DEN BERGH J.F. GLASTRA VAN LOON; E.V.W. VERCRUIJSSE; Institute of Social Studies (ISS). - The Hague: NUFFIC, 1972. - 27 pages.

Administrative aspects of education in developing countries. p. 167-179. Chapter by Jan F. Glastra van Loon and Kenneth J. Rothwell in Administrative issues in developing economies / edited by Kenneth J. Rothwell / K.J. ROTHWELL A.F. LEEMANS; F.W. RIGGS; J. TINBERGEN; J.F. GLASTRA VAN LOON; A.R. COHEN;. - Lexington, MS: Lexington Books, 1972. - xii, 266 pages.

Myth, reason and science in Western civilization / J.F. Glastra van Loon / J.F. GLASTRA VAN LOON Institute of Social Studies (ISS). - The Hague: ISS, 1967. - 15 pages.

Liberty revisited / J.F. Glastra van Loon / J.F. GLASTRA VAN LOON. - The Hague: ISS, 1966. - 15 pages.

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