This thesis delves into the relation between crisis and policy change in a historical context by exploring the Dutch emigration policies concerning South Africa before and after the Sharpeville...Show moreThis thesis delves into the relation between crisis and policy change in a historical context by exploring the Dutch emigration policies concerning South Africa before and after the Sharpeville massacre (1960). Most literature discussing the Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath take the decline in emigration in the years following the massacre as an evident consequence of the changing perceptions of South Africa, and place it in a holistic hypothesis of general denunciation. By analysing this from a policy perspective, the decline in emigration is better explained by a multitude of factors, then by a single event (i.e. Sharpeville) alone. It is undeniable that Sharpeville had an impact on how South Africa was being perceived in the Netherlands. And evidently, this must have discouraged people to emigrate there. However, this thesis argues that the structures, policies and practices of the Dutch emigration system have been overlooked in this context. The emigration apparatus played such an important role on Dutch emigration as a whole, that it had a crucial impact on the emigration to South Africa. Despite the obsevation that there was not a clear policy change after Sharpeville, their power as an institution to orchestrate the Dutch emigration proved to be an important factor when trying to explain the decline of Dutch emigration to South Africa.Show less
In the early 1980s, the number of asylum seekers doubled in West Germany and the issue got increasingly politicised. Most of the asylum seekers originated from Turkey where political unrest and...Show moreIn the early 1980s, the number of asylum seekers doubled in West Germany and the issue got increasingly politicised. Most of the asylum seekers originated from Turkey where political unrest and socio-ethnic conflicts were widespread. In this setting, Turkish asylum seekers belonging to Christian minorities became a source of controversy within the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. This thesis looks into the dynamics of asylum politics through analysing primary sources from the Federal Ministry of the Interior that depict the most important intergovernmental, federal and societal governance actors who either argued in favour of or against the admission of this specific group of asylum seekers. Their interplay is examined with the help of four main concepts under the umbrella of the gap hypothesis, which explain why the Christian asylum seekers were granted a right to stay in the long run although their asylum applications were first rejected: The liberal paradox of democratic states and the difficulty of interpreting the right of asylum gave room for multiple actors negotiating the case. Eventually, the positively constructed social class of the asylum seekers enabled the political realm to reach consensus to smartly settle the liberal paradox with a generously applied hardship regulation.Show less
This thesis looked at the representation of foreign miners in the Dutch mines in the Dutch newspapers. It focused on the Poles, Hungarians and Moroccans that came after the Second World War. In...Show moreThis thesis looked at the representation of foreign miners in the Dutch mines in the Dutch newspapers. It focused on the Poles, Hungarians and Moroccans that came after the Second World War. In analysing the newspapers a frame and discourse analysis was used.Show less
In deze masterscriptie is geprobeerd te verklaren waarom ruim tachtig Nederlandse Joden ervoor kozen om mee te vechten in de Arabisch-Israëlische oorlog van 1948. Daarnaast is er onderzocht of de...Show moreIn deze masterscriptie is geprobeerd te verklaren waarom ruim tachtig Nederlandse Joden ervoor kozen om mee te vechten in de Arabisch-Israëlische oorlog van 1948. Daarnaast is er onderzocht of de motieven van de Nederlandse Machal afwijken van de vrijwilligers waar eerder onderzoek op gebaseerd is. De volgende hoofdvraag staat daarom centraal in dit onderzoek: waarom gingen Nederlandse vrijwilligers vechten in de Arabisch-Israëlische oorlog van 1948 en hoe wijken hun motieven af van de vrijwilligers afkomstig uit andere, met name geallieerde, landen? Door egodocumenten, overheidsverslagen en krantenartikelen te toetsen aan de secundaire literatuur en de typologie theorieën, wordt in deze masterscriptie inzichtelijk gemaakt wat de drijfveren van de Nederlandse Machal waren en hoe deze eventueel verschillen van de bestaande literatuur en theorieën.Show less
Eind negentiende en begin twintigste eeuw trokken miljoenen emigranten (met name afkomstig uit Oost-Europa) door Noordwest-Europa op weg naar Noord- en Zuid-Amerika. De doorreis van deze migranten...Show moreEind negentiende en begin twintigste eeuw trokken miljoenen emigranten (met name afkomstig uit Oost-Europa) door Noordwest-Europa op weg naar Noord- en Zuid-Amerika. De doorreis van deze migranten was voor Europese transitlanden, waaronder Nederland, niet zonder risico: De mogelijkheid bestond dat de migranten ziektes verspreidden, de publieke orde verstoorden of achterbleven en een last werden voor de samenleving. Deze scriptie onderzoekt hoe de controle op transmigranten in Nederland in het Interbellum er uitzag en waarom de controle er zo uitzag. Specifiek is er in dit onderzoek ingegaan op de reactie tegenover de mogelijke verspreiding van ziektes door transmigranten, de terugkerende migranten en de doorreis van Joodse vluchtelingen uit Nazi-Duitsland. Om de invulling van de migratiecontrole te kunnen verklaren is een governance-benadering toegepast: Naast het beleid van de centrale overheid is er gekeken naar de rol van lokale autoriteiten en de scheepvaartmaatschappijen in de controle op transmigranten. Deze scriptie laat bovenal zien dat het Nederlandse transmigratiebeleid in het Interbellum niet-lineair was: De controle werd verstevigd als gevolg van crisissen en werd verminderd als de spanning verdwenen was.Show less
