The post-WWII period in the Netherlands can be described as a period of great change in Dutch society. Postcolonial migrants from the eastern and western (former) colonies started to immigrate to...Show moreThe post-WWII period in the Netherlands can be described as a period of great change in Dutch society. Postcolonial migrants from the eastern and western (former) colonies started to immigrate to the Netherlands, changing the racial fabric of the Dutch society. This thesis is a product of researching the Dutch parliamentary debates on postcolonial ‘black’ migrants between 1950 and 1975. The attitudes and use of language in these Dutch debates is then compared to an influential parliamentary debate in the UK in the late 1950s. Central to this comparison is the difference in explicit and implicit references to race by Dutch and British politicians. The study of these debates serves to answer this thesis’ research question: how do parliamentary debates on postcolonial immigration in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom compare and contrast with regard to the ways race and identity factor into these debates between 1950-1975? This thesis attempts to make a contribution to the current debates on the relation between race, postcolonial migration and identity in the political discourse, discussed in the first chapter. Processes of ‘othering’, that are racially conceptualised as a consequence of the effect of the colonial legacy, are being discussed in chapter two to four.Show less
Het ontvangst van Francis Fukuyama en zijn werk The End of History? (1989) in de Nederlandse media en het politieke discours tussen 1989-1991 en 1999-2002.
Study of the scientific collaboration between Japanese anthropologist Torii Ryuzo and his wife Torii Kimiko through a study of multiple travel diaries, biographies and autobiographies.
Approximately fifty years ago, the Netherlands was plagued by a heroin endemic. From 1970 to 1980, there were approximately 30,000 heroin users in the Netherlands. Besides ‘native’ Dutch users, two...Show moreApproximately fifty years ago, the Netherlands was plagued by a heroin endemic. From 1970 to 1980, there were approximately 30,000 heroin users in the Netherlands. Besides ‘native’ Dutch users, two minority immigrant communities quickly fell victim to the substance. Surinamese and Moluccan youngsters had a heroin addiction rate which was ten to twenty percent higher than that of the Dutch native youth. According to a calculation by the Surinamese institution Srefidensi, there were about 2,400 Surinamese heroin users in the Netherlands in 1974. Moluccan institution Tjandu estimated 1,000 Moluccan heroin users in the Netherlands in 1978. Considering the noticeably higher rate of heroin addiction amongst the Surinamese and Moluccan minorities, one starts to wonder about the possible triggers. More recently, there has been an increase in research on migrants and drug addiction. This thesis aims to combine contemporary literature on migration and (drug)addiction, a historical understanding of the Surinamese and Moluccan migration to the Netherlands and post-migratory experiences, with an in-dept analysis of parlimentary documents to answer the research question: How did the Dutch parliament perceive Surinamese and Moluccan heroin addiction and addiction care from 1975 to 1982?Show less
Toen begin jaren negentig de aantallen asielzoekers die naar Nederland kwamen toenamen werd de asielketen geïntroduceerd. De Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) en het Centraal Orgaan opvang...Show moreToen begin jaren negentig de aantallen asielzoekers die naar Nederland kwamen toenamen werd de asielketen geïntroduceerd. De Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) en het Centraal Orgaan opvang Asielzoekers (COA) werden in 1994 opgericht in het kader van een bredere trend die zich voordeed binnen de Nederlandse overheid: het ‘afstoten’ van taken van ministeries naar verzelfstandigden uitvoeringsorganisaties. Het denken in termen van ketens en ketensamenwerking is vanaf de jaren negentig populair binnen de overheid en de oprichting van de asielketen werden door bewindspersonen als dé oplossing aangedragen voor het asielvraagstuk. De nieuwe ‘bedrijfsmatige’ uitvoeringsorganisaties zouden gezamenlijk beter kunnen omgaan met de substantiële verschillen in aankomst aantallen van asielzoekers. Deze scriptie onderzoekt de asielketen in de periode 1994-1995 en verklaard waarom de keten als bestuurskundig concept in de praktijk niet functioneerde.Show less
A Master Thesis study in which missionaries from two Dutch protestant missionary organizations (the Nederlandse Zendingsraad and the Vereenigde Nederlandsche Zendingscorporaties) are discussed and...Show moreA Master Thesis study in which missionaries from two Dutch protestant missionary organizations (the Nederlandse Zendingsraad and the Vereenigde Nederlandsche Zendingscorporaties) are discussed and analyzed in order to see how they positioned themselves, based on some of the central themes discussed in the monograph Over de Grens, during the Indonesian Independence War from 1945 till 1949. In this study the focus was put on missionaries who were active on Java and Bali during the war.Show less
Comparison between four case studies about Dutch colonial violent conflicts in Indonesia, also questioning the need for a separation in the colonial historiography of the Netherlands between the...Show moreComparison between four case studies about Dutch colonial violent conflicts in Indonesia, also questioning the need for a separation in the colonial historiography of the Netherlands between the VOC and the post-VOC colonial period.Show less
