Solidarity and Identity
Dynamics of Power in Dutch Integration Politics: From Accommodation to Confrontation
1st Edition
By Justus Uitermark
September 01, 2012
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 ...
Sticking Together or Falling Apart?: Solidarity in an Era of Individualization and Globalization
1st Edition
By Paul de Beer, Ferry Koster
November 12, 2009
This book examines, both theoretically and empirically, the impact of globalization and individualization on social solidarity. It focuses both on informal solidarity, such as volunteering, charitable giving, and informal care, and on formal solidarity, such as social benefits and development aid. ...
Strategic Affection?: Gift Exchange in Seventeenth-Century Holland
1st Edition
By Irma Thoen
December 28, 2006
Gifts, from objects to hospitality and from poems to support, are a means of establishing and maintaining social ties. This study focuses on the nature of seventeenth- century Dutch social relations through the exchange of gifts by a wide range of individuals, from schoolmaster and artisan to poet ...