This thesis attempts to come to a better understanding of the internal functioning of the Centre Movement and its attempts to mobilise support through communication strategies. Furthermore, it...Show moreThis thesis attempts to come to a better understanding of the internal functioning of the Centre Movement and its attempts to mobilise support through communication strategies. Furthermore, it seeks to clarify the movement’s failure to break out of the political margins at a time when conditions in the Netherlands were favourable for the emergence of an anti-immigration party.Show less
A search of the British Newspaper Archives finds that between 1850 and 1899, there are 92,641 hits for the term ‘cannibalism’, nearly double that of its closest competitor, 1900-1949, which has...Show moreA search of the British Newspaper Archives finds that between 1850 and 1899, there are 92,641 hits for the term ‘cannibalism’, nearly double that of its closest competitor, 1900-1949, which has only 51,634 hits. This begs the question, why were the Victorians so obsessed with those who consumed their fellow man? This thesis will propose that the answer to this lies in the connection between the discourse of cannibalism, and the ability to promote and maintain a desired imperial world-order.Show less
This thesis analyses the development of public and policy debates on Islamic schools is the Netherlands from 1988 to 2019. It examines debates at the national as well as the local level....Show moreThis thesis analyses the development of public and policy debates on Islamic schools is the Netherlands from 1988 to 2019. It examines debates at the national as well as the local level. Parliamentary debates, national and local newspapers debates and municipal debates from the cities of Schiedam and Vlaardingen have been examined, and the interrelation between these different levels of debates has been identified.Show less
This thesis focuses on recent developments within the Japanese migration policy. It highlights the different roles that local and national governments play in creating a migration/integration policy.
This research focuses on children of post-war Dutch migrants in Australia and their transnational ties to the Netherlands. The main question is how, why and when the transnational ties changed in...Show moreThis research focuses on children of post-war Dutch migrants in Australia and their transnational ties to the Netherlands. The main question is how, why and when the transnational ties changed in different political environments, such as the shift from assimilation to multicultural policy in Australia. The research starts at the migrants' childhood and ends in their later life.Show less
This research examines support for the Mujahideen insurgency in Afghanistan during the Cold War. It provides critical literature analysis of intelligence reports created during the conflict. It...Show moreThis research examines support for the Mujahideen insurgency in Afghanistan during the Cold War. It provides critical literature analysis of intelligence reports created during the conflict. It then explains key choices within the proxy war through International Relations theory.Show less
In this thesis I studied a number of migration cards concerning Australia in the period between 1945 and 1982. With the help of those cards, newspapers and literature about this subject I wanted to...Show moreIn this thesis I studied a number of migration cards concerning Australia in the period between 1945 and 1982. With the help of those cards, newspapers and literature about this subject I wanted to answer the question why Dutch settlers returned to the Netherlands. Often return migration is seen as a failure or a success story. This thesis attempts to move away from that dichotomy and seeks to find out why migrants returned to the Netherlands.Show less
This research examines support for the Mujahideen insurgency in Afghanistan during the Cold War. It provides critical literature analysis of intelligence reports created during the conflict. It...Show moreThis research examines support for the Mujahideen insurgency in Afghanistan during the Cold War. It provides critical literature analysis of intelligence reports created during the conflict. It then explains key choices within the proxy war through International Relations theory.Show less
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
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
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
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
