This thesis will investigate some explanatory factors that illustrate why the victimized parents of the child benefits scandal in the Netherlands were acknowledged this late. By means of the...Show moreThis thesis will investigate some explanatory factors that illustrate why the victimized parents of the child benefits scandal in the Netherlands were acknowledged this late. By means of the concept of citizen lobbyists, the position of parents in their striving to put their issues on the political agenda and fight for justice will be explained. This thesis will examine the three obstacles that the victimized parents faced in their pursuit of justice, namely; the organizational- and policy capacity of the victimized parents was lacking, the dominant frame of the policy monopoly on the justification of the harsh anti-fraud policies hindered the victimized parents in putting their issue on the political agenda, and NPM reforms have led to decentralization and a focus on efficiency. Employing a qualitative research approach, a series of semi-structured interviews will be held against the backdrop of the content of existing reports on the scandal, such as the reports of the Dutch Ombudsman (2017) and the Committee-Van Dam (2020). This thesis investigates the child benefits scandal from an individual point of view, therefore adding to the existing research into this scandal.Show less
Deze scriptie bevat een onderzoek naar het publieke debat na de dood van Aleksandr Dolmatov. Van de media, leden van de Tweede Kamer en staatssecretaris Fred Teeven wordt bekeken hoe zij...Show moreDeze scriptie bevat een onderzoek naar het publieke debat na de dood van Aleksandr Dolmatov. Van de media, leden van de Tweede Kamer en staatssecretaris Fred Teeven wordt bekeken hoe zij verschillende verklaringen voor normoverschrijdingen hebben gebruikt in het debat. Geconcludeerd wordt dat Teeven als eindverantwoordelijke voor normoverschrijdingen werd beschermd door zijn hoge status als politicus voor het kabinet bestaande uit VVD en PvdA.Show less
