Mens & Maatschappij - Volume 84, Issue 4, 2009

Polarization in Dutch society and politics: the ethnic integration policy . A growing polarization features current debates in the Netherlands. However, a systematic measurement of polarization is missing thus far. The present paper aims to describe and compare trends in societal and political polarization on Dutch ethnic integration policy using a refined polarization measure. Based on political competition models and Read More

In between the Netherlands and Morocco. Where do Dutch Moroccan return migrants and abandoned children in Morocco feel at home? . Return migrant and abandoned children form a largely neglected research field. For years Dutch policy makers have been asked to pay attention to Dutch Moroccan children in Morocco, but without much result. These children often grew up in the Netherlands and the question arises whethe Read More

Assessing perceived relationship quality of family relations. The role of value similarity examined from a multi-actor perspective. It has often been claimed a positive relationship exists between value similarity and relationship quality. To assess the validity of this claim Heckman regression models were conducted using data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (NKPS) survey. In addition, given the nature of the sibling r Read More

Perception of in-group discrimination among immigrants in 14 member states of the European Union . Drawing on the second and third wave of the European Social Survey, we analyse the perception of in-group discrimination of 7034 immigrants from 177 different countries of origin in 14 European Union countries. In addition to testing the effects of individual factors, such as education, religion, and migration history, we es Read More