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This research explores the association between social capital and political participation among refugees in the Netherlands, addressing a critical gap in the literature on refugee integration. Social capital, divided into the three forms of bonding, bridging, and linking social capital, is important to understand the political participation and overall integration of refugees. The research employs…
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This essay delves into the highly debated implementation of the Dutch intelligence law, Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten (Wiv), focusing on its democratic implications. The Wiv, last amended in 2002, faced opposition and controversy as it granted intelligence agencies expanded surveillance powers in response to emerging threats like terrorism and cybercrime. The academic discourse…
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Colonial remembrance has become a widely debated topic in the Netherlands, especially after prime minister Mark Rutte’s official apology for the history of slavery. This apology is not supported by most Dutch citizens, which is according to some scholars due to an active forgetting of colonial history. Laura Ann Stoler introduced the concept of colonial…
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This research aims to explain the expulsion of the Roma in France in 2010 and 2011 according to the political theory by philosopher Giorgio Agamben. This is done by defining four aspects of this theory: state of exception, sovereign, homo sacer and biopolitics. These are analysed through a content analysis, a comparative analysis and a…
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