When the Second World War ended, the European continent was devastated. Displaced persons (DPs) were scattered all over Europe. There were children among the DPs. They had survived the...Show moreWhen the Second World War ended, the European continent was devastated. Displaced persons (DPs) were scattered all over Europe. There were children among the DPs. They had survived the concentration camps, but often they had no place or family to return to. The European continent was not able to take care of all the DPs as the countries needed to rebuild themselves. The DPs needed to be relocated. An obvious choice would have been Ireland [neutral and undamaged by the war] but Ireland had strict immigration policy, in particularly towards Jewish people. This research aims to explain the attitude of the Irish government towards Jewish DP children and the relationship between media, claim makers and policymakers with regard to policymaking. The story of Dr. W.R.F. Collis is used as a case study. This research is based on a wide range of sources (including policy documents, interviews, autobiographies and newspaper articles).Show less
In the 1950s, when refugee aid was mostly organized by men, the Dutch Federation for Female Voluntary Aid (Nederlandse Federatie voor Vrouwelijke Vrijwillige Hulpverlening, FVVH), representing 500...Show moreIn the 1950s, when refugee aid was mostly organized by men, the Dutch Federation for Female Voluntary Aid (Nederlandse Federatie voor Vrouwelijke Vrijwillige Hulpverlening, FVVH), representing 500.000 Dutch women, had already implemented its own aid program concerning refugee camp Spittal an der Drau in Austria. After the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, several Dutch private organizations joined forces to help Hungarian refugees both in Austria and the Netherlands. This thesis centres around the question in what ways the FVVH was involved in the resulting committee, and why. Based on an extensive range of archival sources of the FVVH and other voluntary and women's associations, it becomes clear that the origins of the FVVH's refugee aid can be traced back to local initiatives in 1951. Furthermore, this thesis explores the ways in which the FVVH's involvement was supported by the Dutch government and the UNHCR. Lastly, it is found that the FVVH used its refugee aid activities to attain better relations within Civil Society. Regularly being excluded and ignored by both the Dutch Federation for Refugee Aid (Nederlandse Federatie voor Vluchtelingenhulp) and the committee concerning Hungarian refugees, the FVVH tried to influence their decision-making processes by emphasizing its own expertise, by vocally expressing its point of view in meetings and letters, and through lobbying, making use of the personal network within the women's and voluntary movement. Thus, this thesis not only explores developments within post-war refugee aid, but also contributes to discourse on the methods used by marginalized groups in order to gain influence and resist exclusion.Show less
This paper examines why and how the activities and goals of Cape Verdean ethnic organizations changed over time in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in the period of the 1990s to 2012. Furthermore, it...Show moreThis paper examines why and how the activities and goals of Cape Verdean ethnic organizations changed over time in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in the period of the 1990s to 2012. Furthermore, it explains how these changes to activities and goals were not only influenced by national or local governmental policies and practices, but also the key actors of the organizations. For this thesis, I researched: Stichting Avanço; Federation Emancipation Defence Interest Cape Verdeans (FEDIC), and Jongerenorganisatie Cabo. This research is based on interviews, reports and documentation from these three organizations as well as those from the national and local government. Decision-making was both community driven (bottom up) and government demand driven (top down). The degree to which the activities and attainment of goals of these organizations were hindered in scope and viability, were contingent on their ability to adapt to the changing governmental focus regarding ethnic minorities and related policies.Show less
De beeldvorming gen aanzien van de Duitse dienstboden verschoof gedurende het Interbellum. In dit onderzoek wordt deze verschuiving van de beeldvorming onderzocht in de Nederlandse pers. Het...Show moreDe beeldvorming gen aanzien van de Duitse dienstboden verschoof gedurende het Interbellum. In dit onderzoek wordt deze verschuiving van de beeldvorming onderzocht in de Nederlandse pers. Het onderzoek richtte zich op de jaren 1923, 1933 en 1938 waarbij wErf nagegaan of er sprake wad van een in- en uitsluiting van de Duitse dienstboden. Deze in- en uitsluiting vond plaats door politieke en economische ontwikkelingen in Nederland, de crisis in de jaren de dertig, de politieke en economische ontwikkelingen in Duitsland en de verandering in samenstelling van de groep dienstboden. De Duitse dienstboden konden in de kranten worden neergezet als concurrenten op de arbeidsmarkt, als concurrenten op de huwelijksmarkt en werd er een beeld neergezet waarbij de dienstboden de wet overtraden.Show less
In dit werkstuk wordt aan de hand van parlementaire documenten de achtergrond van het Nederlandse gezinsmigratiebeleid in de periode 1970-1993 besproken.
In World War Two Polish refugees were deported from Poland to the Soviet Union, to Uzbekistan and to Persia. From Persia half of them were deported to East and Southern Africa. Northern Rhodesia...Show moreIn World War Two Polish refugees were deported from Poland to the Soviet Union, to Uzbekistan and to Persia. From Persia half of them were deported to East and Southern Africa. Northern Rhodesia had three camps. One of the camps was in Abercorn, in the remote Northern Province. This thesis explores why the camp was built in such a remote area, how the Poles got there, how long they stayed, the rules in the camp, their daily life and the contacts with the British and the Zambians.Show less
This paper explores how ‘foreignness’, in the form of recipes, was included and excluded from nineteenth century Dutch cookbooks. This was a time of low migration in the Netherlands. However, while...Show moreThis paper explores how ‘foreignness’, in the form of recipes, was included and excluded from nineteenth century Dutch cookbooks. This was a time of low migration in the Netherlands. However, while other factors, such as political developments, the rise of the middle class and the development of more cosmopolitan identities were all important, the influence of migrants over the inclusion of foreign content in the cookbooks should not be discounted. The openness of Dutch society to these culinary innovations was indicative of attitudes in other spheres.Show less
De treinkapingen in de jaren 70 bij Wijster en de Punt, waarbij elf doden vielen, vormden het dieptepunt in de verhouding tussen de Nederlandse regering en de Molukse bevolking in Nederland. Hoewel...Show moreDe treinkapingen in de jaren 70 bij Wijster en de Punt, waarbij elf doden vielen, vormden het dieptepunt in de verhouding tussen de Nederlandse regering en de Molukse bevolking in Nederland. Hoewel de kapingen voor veel Nederlanders als een grote schok kwam, kan niet worden beweerd dat deze acties uit de lucht kwamen vallen. Er vonden al vanaf de aankomst van de ongeveer 12.500 Molukkers in Nederland in 1951, talrijke incidenten plaats waarbij deze migrantengroep betrokken was. Dit liep uiteen van vechtpartijtjes met de lokale hangjeugd rondom sociëteiten, tot gerichte politieke acties om aandacht te vragen voor hun ideaal: een eigen vrije Molukse staat. In deze scriptie staat de berichtgeving over problemen met Molukkers in Nederlandse kranten tussen 1952 en 1974 centraal. Onderzocht is in hoeverre verschillende kranten gedurende deze periode sympathie hadden voor deze migrantengroep en hun idealen. Hierbij is vooral gekeken naar het gebruik van frames en metaforen. Daarnaast wordt in dit onderzoek bekeken of er in de berichtgeving sprake was van sensationalisering of een bepaalde beeldvorming.Show less
Deze scriptie behandeld de komst van een asielzoekerscentrum naar De Lier in het Westland. De hoofdvraag van dit onderzoek is: Waarom protesteerde de lokale bevolking eind jaren ’80 en in de jaren ...Show moreDeze scriptie behandeld de komst van een asielzoekerscentrum naar De Lier in het Westland. De hoofdvraag van dit onderzoek is: Waarom protesteerde de lokale bevolking eind jaren ’80 en in de jaren ’90 tegen de komst van asielzoekerscentra en wanneer en waarom veranderde de band tussen de gemeenschap en het AZC? Dit omdat zowel bij de komst van een AZC als bij het vertrek later protesten in het nieuws komen. Hoe zat dit in een kleine gemeenschap zoals De Lier? Het onderzoek is een onderzoek aan de hand van framing. Bij framing onderzoek worden teksten en uitspraken in een groter raamwerk geplaatst. Voor dit onderzoek behandel ik vier frames: het Legalistisch frame; Competitie/ angst frame; Kosten-Batenframe; Humanitair/ persoonlijk frame. Uiteindelijk zal blijken dat niet alle frames is de zelfde mate gebruikt worden. De frames worden gezocht in stukken van de gemeenteraad, overleggen tussen het COA, gemeente en burgers, krantenartikelen en stukken van de buurtvereniging.Show less
Socialistische invloeden in het Haagse kunstonderwijs. De rol van de overheid binnen de culturele ontwikkeling van Nederland heeft in de twintigste eeuw een grote verschuiving meegemaakt. Hierbij...Show moreSocialistische invloeden in het Haagse kunstonderwijs. De rol van de overheid binnen de culturele ontwikkeling van Nederland heeft in de twintigste eeuw een grote verschuiving meegemaakt. Hierbij stond de sturende rol van de overheid centraal. Gedurende de twintigste eeuw ging de Nederlandse overheid zich meer en meer verantwoordelijk voelen voor de culturele ontwikkeling van het volk. Voor dit onderzoek heb ik gekeken naar hoe dit nieuwe gedachtegoed vanuit de politiek doorwerkte in de praktijk. De vraag die gesteld zal worden, gaat over de wisselwerking tussen beleid en praktijk. Deze vraag luidt: hoe en waarom heeft de toenemende verantwoordelijkheid vanuit de overheid in de jaren zestig en zeventig, consequenties gekend voor de kunstacademie in Den Haag?Show less
In 1961 Banbury Borough Council signed the Town Development Act, giving them licence to expand Banbury and double the population. This thesis looks at central and local government policies to...Show moreIn 1961 Banbury Borough Council signed the Town Development Act, giving them licence to expand Banbury and double the population. This thesis looks at central and local government policies to analyse why the Borough Council decided to make this decision that would drastically change Banbury from a small market town into an industrial centre for many different businesses. In order to do this it looks at the build up to signing the Act and what the main motivating factors were. It tests five hypotheses of why the Council decided to expand: opportunism, the desire to increase the rateable value of Banbury, the need to diversify industry, the Borough Council's need to increase their own power, and finally, fear of the town dying.Show less
Between 1945 and 2001 possibilities for homosexual men to move to the Netherlands improved considerably. This thesis examines how and why this development took place. In 1967 for the first time men...Show moreBetween 1945 and 2001 possibilities for homosexual men to move to the Netherlands improved considerably. This thesis examines how and why this development took place. In 1967 for the first time men were allowed to stay in the Netherlands officially, despite their sexuality. From 1974 partner migration became possible, allowing the foreign partner to stay 'because' of his sexuality. In 1981 the Netherlands was the first country that allowed asylum seekers to be granted refugee status on the basis of their sexuality. Main reasons for this change are the secularisation of the Netherlands, a liberalisation of family law, progressive politics in the 1970s because of the social (and sexual) revolutions in the 1960s. Also very important was the emergence of the gay emancipation movement in the Netherlands which became politically active in the 1970s. Nevertheless, implementation of these novel opportunities to settle in the Netherlands proved more difficult. Local police forces applied their own moral judgments on immigrants and it took until the 1990s before a homosexual asylum seeker was granted refugee status for his sexuality. This thesis therefore argues that the Netherlands wanted to show abroad how progressive its policies were, while practically, the results of the policies were not so progressive at all. Nevertheless, the Netherlands became to be known abroad as a safe haven for homosexual men. This was an image that the Dutch government tried to avoid in the 1960s, while it embraced the image in the 1990s. This thesis adds to the debate of policy change, as well as to the debate around the difference between policy and practice, taking immigration of homosexual men as a case study.Show less
