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Dynamics of Power in Dutch Integration Politics: From Accommodation to Confrontation (Solidarity and Identity)
Author(s): Justus Uitermark (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: September 1, 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 306 pages
- ISBN-10: 9089644067
- ISBN-13: 9789089644060
Book Description
Integration politics in the Netherlands has changed dramatically between 1990 and 2005. Whereas ethnic and religious differences were hitherto pacified through accommodation, a new and increasingly powerful current in Dutch politics problematized the presence of minorities. This development represents a challenge to sociologists and political scientists: how to map and explain drastic changes? Arguing that extant approaches are better at explaining continuity than change, this book develops a relational discourse analysis to understand dynamic power relations in national as well as local politics.
About the Author
Justus Uitermark is Professor of Community Development at the Sociology Department of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
