NDLI: Dutch immigrant policies before and after the Van Gogh murder

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Author	Penninx, Rinus
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	The murders of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn and the filmmaker Theo van Gogh have made headlines internationally and made readers wonder what happened in the country that used to have a reputation for tolerance and practice integration policies for immigrants that were seen as progressive in the European context. This article outlines the background of these spectacular and tragic events. Specifically it tries to assess the consequences for integration policies in the Netherlands.First an outline is given of the “Ethnic Minorities Policies” started in the Netherlands in the early 1980s, how the framing of that policy changed gradually in the 1990s to a more Republican integration policy and underwent a final change from 2002 on towards an assimilationist policy that serves restrictive and selective admission of immigrants. Secondly, as a background to these changes the public and political discourse on immigration and integration and integration is analyzed: from a depoliticized, consensus-policy in the 1980s, the gradual politicization of these topics in the 1990s, towards the populist rhetoric and policy argumentations after the turn of the century. Thirdly, the murder on Van Gogh and its interpretations by politics, media and society is specifically analysed. Finally the consequences for integration policies in the Netherlands are assessed.Le meurtre de deux Hollandais, Pim Fortuyn, homme politique, et Theo van Gogh, cinéaste, a fait les manchettes internationales et a provoqué chez les lecteurs des questions quant à l’évolution du pays dont la réputation pour la tolérance et les politiques d’intégration des immigrants étaient perçues comme étant progressives dans le contexte européen. Cet article présente la toile de fond de ces événements tragiques et spectaculaires. Plus précisément, il tente d’en évaluer les conséquences sur les politiques d’intégration aux Pays-Bas.Nous traçons d’abord les grandes lignes de la politique en matière de «minorités ethniques» élaborée aux Pays-Bas à partir du début des années 1980, devenue une politique d’intégration plus républicaine dans les années 1990, et finalement, une politique axée sur l’assimilation et l’admission restrictive et sélective des immigrants en 2002. Par la suite, nous analysons l’évolution du discours public et politique sur l’immigration et l’intégration: d’une politique dépolitisée reposant sur un accord général dans les années 1980, en passant par la politicisation graduelle de ces questions pendant les années 1990, jusqu’aux discours creux et populistes et l’argumentation relative aux politiques à partir de l’an 2000. Troisièmement, nous analysons le meurtre de van Gogh et les interprétations qu’en ont présentées les parties politiques, les médias et la société. En dernier lieu, nous évaluons les conséquences de ces événements sur les politiques d’intégration aux Pays-Bas.
Starting Page	241
Ending Page	254
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14883473
Journal	Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l'integration et de la migration internationale
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18746365
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2006-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Politiques d’immigration Politiques d’intégration Migration Demography Sociology Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography Anthropology Cultural Studies

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