The main goal of this article is to find out in what way discrete negative emotions are of influence regarding a person's level of tolerance. To investigate this matter, an experiment among Dutch...Show moreThe main goal of this article is to find out in what way discrete negative emotions are of influence regarding a person's level of tolerance. To investigate this matter, an experiment among Dutch citizens was conducted to discover the impact of fear, anger and hatred on tolerance attitudes. Besides that, a person's perception of threat may be an important factor in explaining already existing emotions like fear. Because previous literature has pointed out that a person's perception of threat and felt emotions towards a certain group are closely connected, the research in this article will combine findings of threat perception and emotional responses in explaining political tolerance attitudes. The research question for this study is therefore: In what way do discrete negative emotions and perceptions of threat regarding a certain out-group effect a person's level of tolerance towards that out-group.Show less
Advanced master thesis | Political Science (Advanced Master)
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Under which conditions do rebel groups in multi-party civil wars form alliances? This paper proposes that rebel groups, just as nation states, find themselves in an anarchic context and as a result...Show moreUnder which conditions do rebel groups in multi-party civil wars form alliances? This paper proposes that rebel groups, just as nation states, find themselves in an anarchic context and as a result are trapped in a multi tiered dilemma; on the one hand they face a security dilemma which leads them to strive for cooperation, on the other hand they face the commitment problem and fear betrayal. This paper looks at three variables ‘identity’, ‘ideology’ and ‘foreign support’ as factors that are expected to reduce uncertainty, thus should help overcome the commitment problem and ultimately increase the likelihood that an inter-rebel alliance will form. Looking at two cases of inter-rebel alliances that formed during the war in Darfur; the Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/M) and the National Redemption Front (NRF) this analysis presents an exploratory attempt to identify factors and conditions that make an inter-rebel alliance more likely.Show less
Een onderzoek naar de rol van geweld binnen organisaties met een transnationale organisatie, laat zien dat geweld gezien kan worden als extra tactiek die gebruikt kan worden door non-statelijke...Show moreEen onderzoek naar de rol van geweld binnen organisaties met een transnationale organisatie, laat zien dat geweld gezien kan worden als extra tactiek die gebruikt kan worden door non-statelijke actoren, naast traditionele soft politics-tactieken.Show less
Advanced master thesis | Political Science (Advanced Master)
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This thesis investigates the role of new media on the revolutionary movement(s) in Egypt. Investigated time spam is the birth of the first small revolutionary movements in 2004 – when the...Show moreThis thesis investigates the role of new media on the revolutionary movement(s) in Egypt. Investigated time spam is the birth of the first small revolutionary movements in 2004 – when the revolutionary spark of the Colored Revolutions of Eastern Europe first crossed the Mediterranean Sea – till the historic “18 days” of 2011 which resulted in former president Hosni Mubarak resigning from office. Central argument is that the so-called "New Media" – i.e. pan-Arab satellite-TV and social media – represent but also contribute to and facilitate these social developments. Al-Jazeera and other pan-Arab satellite-TV channels have changed the way the Arab public view social and political events in their own region and have given them a voice of their own. These channels provide digital activists with a platform and break through the monopoly of state-controlled news. New Media played an indispensable role in connecting people and places, transforming loose activists into organized groups, and finally bringing the masses to the streets resulting eventually in the fall of Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak. This research is a cross-over of several fields of study including political science, communication studies and international relations. Itapplies political theories on social movements (Tilly et al) and modular revolutions (Beissinger et al), as well as Katz and Lazarsfield’s theory on the two-step process of opinion formation and several theories on media and democratization.Show less
Advanced master thesis | Political Science (Advanced Master)
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This study analyzes debates conducted at the Finnish parliament between the years 2001 and 2011 to find out key causal mechanisms that impacted Finland‟s decision to join the Ottawa Convention...Show moreThis study analyzes debates conducted at the Finnish parliament between the years 2001 and 2011 to find out key causal mechanisms that impacted Finland‟s decision to join the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines in 2012. The study found empirical support for both constitutive and constraining effects which were necessary but not alone sufficient conditions for the decision. Without the left wing parties being receptive to moral persuasion there would not have been enough political will to push the issue forward and without peer pressure stemming from other countries and the ability of international institutions to lock in domestic decisions it is highly unlikely that the right wing parties would have yielded to accept the treaty. In the absence of the latter two, the right wing parties would not have been able to justify the accession decision.Show less
De soevereiniteit over de Falklandeilanden wordt geclaimd door zowel de Britten als de Argentijnen. Beiden baseren hun aanspraak op verschillende rechten. De morele rechtvaardiging van dergelijke...Show moreDe soevereiniteit over de Falklandeilanden wordt geclaimd door zowel de Britten als de Argentijnen. Beiden baseren hun aanspraak op verschillende rechten. De morele rechtvaardiging van dergelijke claims dient afgewogen te worden om uit te maken wie recht heeft op de eilandengroep. De Britten baseren dit op eigendom en het recht van volkeren om uit te maken door wie zij bestuurd willen worden. De Argentijnen baseren het op koloniale rechten, die men claimt geërfd te hebben.Show less
In two periods since the early nineties, first under presidents Shevardnadze and then under president Saakashvili, democratic progress in Georgia stalled. For the Georgian case the explanatory...Show moreIn two periods since the early nineties, first under presidents Shevardnadze and then under president Saakashvili, democratic progress in Georgia stalled. For the Georgian case the explanatory merit of two theories that attempt to explain democratisation is assessed . Carothers’ revised transition paradigm better explains the stagnation of democratic progress in Georgia in the Shevardnadze era, while presidential power theory is better at explaining that stagnation in the period of Saakashvili's presidential terms.Show less
Het huidig onderzoek bestudeerde de verschillen in psychosociale problematiek tussen autochtone en allochtone jongeren in reboundvoorzieningen in Den Haag. De onderzoeksgroep betrof 20 autochtonen...Show moreHet huidig onderzoek bestudeerde de verschillen in psychosociale problematiek tussen autochtone en allochtone jongeren in reboundvoorzieningen in Den Haag. De onderzoeksgroep betrof 20 autochtonen en 64 allochtonen van gemiddeld 14 jaar. Met behulp van de SDQ zijn gedragsproblemen, emotionele problemen, problemen met leeftijdsgenoten en hyperactiviteit onderzocht. Er zijn geen verschillen gevonden in de mate van gedragsproblemen en emotionele symptomen. Autochtonen voelen zich minder populair en bij hen is meer sprake van hyperactiviteit vergeleken met allochtonen. Alleen bij de allochtonen is een zwak positief verband gevonden tussen emotionele symptomen en gedragsproblemen, specifiek de mate van stelen. Na het volgen van het reboundprogramma is bij de autochtone noch bij de allochtone jongeren een verandering opgetreden in de mate van psychosociale problematiek.Show less
In dit onderzoek is het effect van speltraining op de gedragproblemen van jonge, laagfunctionerende kinderen met een klinische diagnose binnen het autismespectrum (ASS) onderzocht. Om het effect...Show moreIn dit onderzoek is het effect van speltraining op de gedragproblemen van jonge, laagfunctionerende kinderen met een klinische diagnose binnen het autismespectrum (ASS) onderzocht. Om het effect van speltraining op de gedragsproblemen te onderzoeken zijn er vragenlijsten met betrekking tot probleemgedrag afgenomen bij ouders (de VOG-O) en is er een speltraining uitgevoerd met zowel een voor- als een nameting. De onderzoeksgroep bestaat uit 60 kinderen onder de 10 jaar met een klinische ASS diagnose en met of zonder een verstandelijke beperking. Er is onderzocht of het probleemgedrag van deze kinderen afnam op de vijf verschillende probleemgedrag-subschalen en totaalschaal van de VOG-O en de hieruit voortvloeiende categorieën van Rutter (Specifieke gedragsproblemen bij autisme en Nietspecifieke gedragsproblemen).Show less
According to the socio-ecological theory the environment has an impact on student’s problem behaviour. Research demonstrates that on individual level, the socioeconomic status of the student is of...Show moreAccording to the socio-ecological theory the environment has an impact on student’s problem behaviour. Research demonstrates that on individual level, the socioeconomic status of the student is of profound influence. It has also been suggested that for European students, the neighbourhood surrounding the school could be important and consequently meaningful in explaining problem behaviour. Furthermore the social context, in which these factors are experienced, influences its impact on student’s behaviour. Therefore present study proposes a mediation model linking the socioeconomic status of the student and the school environment to problem behaviour and examining the role of school culture to this relation. To test this model, students from three different schools in The Hague were asked to fill in questionnaires and information about the school environment was collected. The results did not support the mediation model. Although negative school culture was related to more problem behaviour, differences in problem behaviour outcome between students were not explained by socioeconomic status or school environment. Moreover, differences between schools were of incremental value when taking into account school culture. Explanations and implications of these results are discussed.Show less
