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Culturalization of citizenship: The Netherlands in comparative perspective

Culturalization of citizenship: The Netherlands in comparative perspective. Jan Willem Duyvendak & Evelien Tonkens Peter Geschiere, Francio Guadeloupe, Paul Mepschen, Rogier van Reekum and Bregje Termeer March 15 , 2010. Culturalization in the Netherlands.

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Culturalization of citizenship: The Netherlands in comparative perspective

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  1. Culturalization of citizenship: The Netherlands in comparative perspective Jan Willem Duyvendak & Evelien Tonkens Peter Geschiere, Francio Guadeloupe, Paul Mepschen, Rogier van Reekum and Bregje Termeer March 15 , 2010

  2. Culturalization in the Netherlands • Culturalization of citizenship (JWD) • To be analyzed by discerning variants of culturalization (ET)

  3. Culturalization in the Netherlands: our four claims • Polarization due not primarily to socio-economic deprivation or multiculturalism • But due to increasing monoculturalism, • Resulting in culturalization of citizenship. • To be analyzed by discerning variants of culturalization.

  4. Causes of polarization • Socio-economic deprivation? Culture as false consciousness. • No serious unemployment; • Political debate on cultural issues (Wilders’ Fitna; ‘Proud of the Netherlands’). • Multiculturalism: growing divide due to pluralism? • Groups rights given reluctantly, selectively, and temporarily (relation economic and cultural integration shifts over time).

  5. Monoculturalism Since 1960 increasing cultural consensus • Sex, drugs, and many more ‘ethical’ themes; • General support for liberal politics; • Secularization.

  6. Polarization among cultural fault lines • Native-Dutch: • The Netherlands as progressive country threatened by old-fashioned intolerant groups • Muslim-Dutch : • Religion as safe haven in a country that strives to wipe out our identity • Result: cultural debate on feeling at home, loyalty, ‘good’ citizenship, cultural practices; emotionalisation of the debate and culturalization of citizenship.

  7. Restorative versus constructive concept of culture Restorative: • Culture to be uncovered in history (canon, national museum, integration programs) • Citizens and policy: nostalgia

  8. Constructive: Citizenship as constructing culture, as bricolage; On an everyday basis as a combination of tradition and renewal. Restorative versus constructive concept of culture (2)

  9. culturalisation in comparative perspective: Netherlands, UK and France How to compare? National models? (French laïcité, English multiculturalism) Rather: more empirical, issue-based comparison. 4 issues in public debate that are exemplary of culturalisation in the Netherlands: National holidays Homosexuality Domestic violence Ex-Muslims Analysis of opinionating articles on these issues in all three countries, 2000- 2008, in three national newspapers per country

  10. 1. ex-muslims:

  11. 2. domestic violence

  12. 3. national holidays

  13. 4. gay pride/homosexuality

  14. culturalization: comparative perspective Dutch culturalization of citizenship: restorative, built on three issues: 1. Sexuality 2. Secularization 3. Free speech: we can say everything: tearing down public-private divide

  15. 1. sexuality

  16. 2. secularization

  17. 3. public-private

  18. Culturalization of citizenship in the Netherlands: • Dutch understand themselves in terms of secularization, sexual liberation and free speech (everything can be said, public = private) • All three: mainly restorative • Muslims understood as the opposite of this • Ex-muslims, gay pride, domestic violence are well suited to express Dutchness in contrast with Muslims • National holidays are not- there Dutchness is reduced to doughnuts and ridicule; religious demands cannot be easily recognized

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