In de periode 2000-2018 is er gericht beleid gemaakt om innovatie binnen Nederland te verbeteren. Hoe heeft het Nederlandse innovatiebeleid zich tussen 2000 en 2018 ontwikkeld en hoe kunnen we dit...Show moreIn de periode 2000-2018 is er gericht beleid gemaakt om innovatie binnen Nederland te verbeteren. Hoe heeft het Nederlandse innovatiebeleid zich tussen 2000 en 2018 ontwikkeld en hoe kunnen we dit verklaren? Aan de hand van de verschillen tussen het Innovatieplatform (2000-2010) en het Topsectorenbeleid (2011-2018) wordt de veranderende rol van de overheid met betrekking tot innovatie onderzocht.Show less
In the 5th century BC, athletes in Greece increasingly became heroized and celebrated in legend and cult. Through alleged displays of dúnamis, aretē, and other parts of their narratives, athletes...Show moreIn the 5th century BC, athletes in Greece increasingly became heroized and celebrated in legend and cult. Through alleged displays of dúnamis, aretē, and other parts of their narratives, athletes were compared to mythic heroes and associated with a ‘heroic paradigm’ that made it possible for them to gain enough kleos or ‘fame’ to turn into new heroes and to become incorporated in Greek legends. The aim of this thesis is to compare these ‘heroic athletes’ to non-heroized athletes in a threefold way: by looking at athletic feats and displays of strength (dúnamis), other ways in which athletes measured up to a heroic paradigm in life (aretē), and alleged manners of death and possible cults as they were narrated in Greek legends. In doing so, it lays bare similarities and differences between accounts of heroic athletes and those who were not heroized, and takes a step towards applying the notion of kleos to the ideological motivations behind Greek processes of heroization in the 5th century BC.Show less
Het debat over achterstandswijken wordt gedomineerd door het integratievraagstuk. Problemen in de wijk worden vanuit dit perspectief benaderd. De scriptie trekt deze benadering in twijfel en tracht...Show moreHet debat over achterstandswijken wordt gedomineerd door het integratievraagstuk. Problemen in de wijk worden vanuit dit perspectief benaderd. De scriptie trekt deze benadering in twijfel en tracht de etnische lens in dit debat te verminderen door het klasse-perspectief terug te brengen. Wanneer worden problemen gerelateerd aan klasse en wanneer aan etniciteit?Show less
Dit onderzoek heeft bestudeerd hoe Geert Wilders (PVV) en Thierry Baudet (FvD) als rechtspopulisten nationale identiteit construeren in relatie tot verschillende media. Hiervoor is gebruik gemaakt...Show moreDit onderzoek heeft bestudeerd hoe Geert Wilders (PVV) en Thierry Baudet (FvD) als rechtspopulisten nationale identiteit construeren in relatie tot verschillende media. Hiervoor is gebruik gemaakt van een kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve framinganalyse. Uit de kwalitatieve analyse blijkt dat zowel Wilders als Baudet de Nederlandse identiteit vormgeven op basis van waarderende frames die geen specifieke kenmerken voortbrengen, waardoor het Nederlanderschap berust op een gevoel, en niet op een definitie. Identiteit is in de overtuiging van beide populisten statisch, het moet beschermd worden. Dit uitgangspunt zorgt ervoor dat de invalshoek van de frames verband houden met gevaar en het terugveroveren van de controle over Nederland door het volk. Het tweede deel van dit onderzoek, de kwantitatieve analyse, laat zien hoe de Volkskrant en De Telegraaf omgaan met de frames van Wilders en Baudet. De Volkskrant als linksgeoriënteerd medium heeft een merkbare afkeer van Wilders en Baudet en zoekt de confrontatie op. De Telegraaf is een rechts kanaal dat minder moeite heeft met de ideologieën van de rechtspopulisten, de krant neemt een gematigde positie in ten opzichte van de uitingen van de politici. Opvallend is dat de FvD-leider aan het begin van de onderzoeksperiode nog een relatieve onbekende is en weinig aandacht trekt, terwijl Wilders vrijwel de gehele periode stabiel het nieuws beheerst. De bevindingen van dit onderzoek tonen aan dat de uitingen van Wilders en Baudet passen in de rechtspopulistische theorie en de werking van de hedendaagse media beide politici in staat stelt te scoren en te agenderen.Show less
In dit onderzoek staan de consulaten van de Republiek, die tussen 1612 en 1672 in verschillende Italiaanse steden gesticht werden, centraal. In het bijzonder is aandacht geschonken aan de...Show moreIn dit onderzoek staan de consulaten van de Republiek, die tussen 1612 en 1672 in verschillende Italiaanse steden gesticht werden, centraal. In het bijzonder is aandacht geschonken aan de verwachtingen die de Staten-Generaal enerzijds en de Nederlandse handelsgemeenschap in Italië anderzijds van dit nieuwe systeem, en de invloed die de consuls zelf uitoefenden op het functioneren ervan.Show less
This study examines the relationship between the MHP (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi) and Turkish workers in the FRG in the years 1961-80. Instead of measuring „integration‟ in terms of cultural...Show moreThis study examines the relationship between the MHP (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi) and Turkish workers in the FRG in the years 1961-80. Instead of measuring „integration‟ in terms of cultural differences between migrants and the native population, this study uses a comparative approach to understand the political behaviour of Turkish migrants. A comparison is made between, firstly, the refugees and expellees who settled in the FRG after World War II and, secondly, internal migrants in Turkey. Although the migration period as well as settlement conditions for the refugees and expellees, and the Turkish workers were different, the similar situation of these groups in the West German labour market enables a comparison between them. The comparison between internal and external migrants of Turkey also enables the evolution of the MHP to be better understood. Moreover, this study uses Turkish workers‟ relationship with the MHP as a lens to understand their political behaviour. In addition, the paper investigates the changes in government policy in both Turkey and the FRG, and the impact of these policies on the Turkish population. This work uses as its primary sources issues from a Turkish diasporic journal published in 1979 by Turk Federation, an organization affiliated with the MHP, and government reports produced by the Turkish authorities from 1966-78.Show less
Het eerste Nederlandse kabinet na de Tweede Wereldoorlog maakte op een unieke manier gebruik van het medium radio om haar beleid te verkondigen. Premier Schermerhorn en met name...Show moreHet eerste Nederlandse kabinet na de Tweede Wereldoorlog maakte op een unieke manier gebruik van het medium radio om haar beleid te verkondigen. Premier Schermerhorn en met name regeringscommissaris van de RVD Hendrik Brugmans waren vaak op de radio te horen. Vanuit de Tweede Kamer, de dagbladpers en de ministeriële departementen ontstond al snel weerstand tegen de toespraken, onder andere omdat het maanden duurde voordat een officieel noodparlement was ingesteld en omdat de dagbladpers kampte met een tekort aan papier. Tijdens het Kamerdebat van 31 januari 1946 kreeg Schermerhorn hevige kritiek te verduren op het beleid omtrent de radiotoespraken. Dit had grote gevolgen voor het gehele voorlichtingsbeleid van de regering. Dit onderzoek gaat over wat er precies gezegd werd in de radiotoespraken. Het doel is om beter te kunnen verklaren waarom de weerstand tegen het radiogebruik van het kabinet zo groot was.Show less
In order to better grasp the influence of Roman infrastructure on adjacent urban areas, some 25 cities near the ancient Via Egnatia in Greece have been studied to compare their political, economic...Show moreIn order to better grasp the influence of Roman infrastructure on adjacent urban areas, some 25 cities near the ancient Via Egnatia in Greece have been studied to compare their political, economic and social status before and after the construction of this Roman highway. With this comparison, the impact a Roman road could have had on cities and their development can be mapped more precisely.Show less
Abstract: Facing the end of the colonial state during the Mau Mau crisis in 1950s, Britain sought to reshape native Kenyans. This process was dependent on the construction of various imaginations...Show moreAbstract: Facing the end of the colonial state during the Mau Mau crisis in 1950s, Britain sought to reshape native Kenyans. This process was dependent on the construction of various imaginations of the Mau Mau. The British sought to eliminate the Mau Mau “sickness” by responding in a comprehensive manner to what they saw as the issues which precipitated its development. Politically, religiously, economically, and intellectually, the British tried to control this conclusion to the colonial period and shape the future of Kenya by “rehabilitating” those “infected” by anti-British Mau Mau sentiments and create new citizens in the British image. Missionaries, teachers, economists, agrarians, doctors, anthropologists, and government officials in Kenya would contribute various constructions of the Mau Mau upon which rehabilitation efforts were based. Whitehall tried to reform or rehabilitate Mau Mau in prison work camps and in communities, freeing them from the political and psychological constraints of Mau Mau in a variety of while also creating a new economic and political structure in the colony which would allow those who had been successfully been rehabilitated to stay loyal to the British and maintain a privileged place in this nascent state. This essay will explore the efforts of the British to create new citizens and their efforts to define the Mau Mau upon which these responses to the conflict were based. The British government recognized the threat of Mau Mau and the implication its demands for “land and freedom” could have on their control of the State, thus they placed great emphasis on trying to understand, explain, define, and then reform Mau Mau adherents. For the British, this process was contingent upon the development of a construction of Mau Mau identity, an effort manifest in the research of colonial representatives and in their plans for “rehabilitation”. While Mau Mau was, indeed, a movement amongst ethnic Kenyans, it was also the subject of various colonial constructions. The various manifestations of this ‘movement of the mind’ which Mau Mau represented was as much a product of the minds of colonial officials, subjects, and representatives as it was a construction in the minds of the Kikuyu. These conceptions developed in tandem, informing each other, and shaping the development of the state. ‘Rehabilitation’ was at once, a response to the rebellion and a construction in the minds of colonial officials and one imposed upon the Kikuyu, one which was as much a representation of the colonials’ understanding of the conflict as it was an attempt to construct in Kikuyu minds a vision of the future that was already manifest in the minds of those colonial officials trying to shape it. These different perspectives would exist in the minds of colonials who would attempt to actualize their conception of the phenomenon in their plans for reconstruction. As the conflict progressed and conceptions of the phenomenon of Mau Mau and plans to counter the rebellion developed, the various colonial and Kikuyu constructions of Mau Mau would shape each other.Show less
In 1625 an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked the Spanish port of Cádiz. It was the main campaign of the 1624-1630 war between England and Spain. The event was widely recorded in different genres of...Show moreIn 1625 an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked the Spanish port of Cádiz. It was the main campaign of the 1624-1630 war between England and Spain. The event was widely recorded in different genres of Spanish and English news. How did this news contribute to shaping images of the enemy around specific concepts, such as nation and religion? By addressing the construction of the other, the news also contributed to the formation of images of self-identity. While the Spanish news mainly appealed to the Catholic religion, the English news appealed to a sense of Englishness. The battle of Cádiz and the news produced around it opened a public discussion about the responsibility for it. The news reflected the political tensions within both states and these debates contributed to the definition of a public sphere of discussion.Show less
In this thesis the representation of gender in nine zombie films in the period 1968-2013 is analysed, partially based on the sociohistorical contexts they are created in. The analysis is build on a...Show moreIn this thesis the representation of gender in nine zombie films in the period 1968-2013 is analysed, partially based on the sociohistorical contexts they are created in. The analysis is build on a content analysis as well as a qualitative analysis of the material. This thesis explores genre-specific tropes through a gendered lense. Overall it was found that the sexualisation of female characters has increased notably over time, but they have been portrayed to be tougher simultaneously. Contrary to previous research this thesis maintains that the discussed zombie films effectively criticise stereotypical notions of gender roles through their ironic treatment of masculinity and overall favourable treatment of their female characters, who have a greater chance to thrive and survive if they transgress such roles.Show less
This paper attempts to portray the wartime experiences of Spanish merchants living in Antwerp during the Dutch Revolt. My main argument is that while the merchant's world of ideas, largely in line...Show moreThis paper attempts to portray the wartime experiences of Spanish merchants living in Antwerp during the Dutch Revolt. My main argument is that while the merchant's world of ideas, largely in line with the propagandistic literature that was circulating in Spain, was quickly put to the test under the pressure of the brute nature of war.Show less
The evolution of Athenian discourses revolving around pederasty is being studied from a political angle, through the contextualization of said discourses into the political and social milieu of...Show moreThe evolution of Athenian discourses revolving around pederasty is being studied from a political angle, through the contextualization of said discourses into the political and social milieu of Athens, from the archaic to the classical period (7th- 4th c. B.C.), with an aim at understanding both the discourses themselves, as well as their thematic evolution, as products and constructs of the political realities of the polis.Show less
This thesis seeks to describe the unique structures of the Roman Empire. The Empire, and especially the early Empire is usually described as un-bureaucratic. The entire Empire rested on informal...Show moreThis thesis seeks to describe the unique structures of the Roman Empire. The Empire, and especially the early Empire is usually described as un-bureaucratic. The entire Empire rested on informal structures. The get a better understanding of the historical development of the Roman government the method of contrast is used. The structures of Roman governance in the early Empire stood in a sharp contrast with the developments in the early Chinese Empire, where early in history strong bureaucratic structures existed. The reasons for these strong differences are described by the lines of the role of the aristocracy in the government and the role of the military and wars. This thesis operates under the assumption that Charles Tilly's thesis on war and state-making is also applicable on the ancient world.Show less
