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Wolf, Ylva de (2021)

Dynamics in Dutch immigration policy: Creating policy frames applicable to Dutch immigration policies from 2015 to 2019

Master thesis | Public Administration (MSc)

Due to escalating circumstances in Africa and the Middle East, the European Union was flooded with refugees in 2015. This phenomenon raised many issues regarding asylum for these displaced individuals and families. By performing a qualitative inductive framing research, this thesis creates new policy frames applicable to Dutch governmental debates on immigration policy from 2015-2019. Uncovering whether politicians use frames to express their standpoints and in which ways this occurs. This research emphasizes which frames politicians used during their debates on immigration policy, establishing the three main frames and their usage, as well as the difference in use by right and left wing politicians.

punctuated equilibrium

European refugee crisis

immigration policy

inductive research

policy framing

Author

Wolf, Ylva de

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Specialisation

International and European Governance

Supervisors

Breeman, G.E.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en