The double helix of cultural assimilationism and neo‐liberalism: citizenship in contemporary governmentality

Schinkel, Willem; Houdt, Friso van

doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2010.01337.x

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“…During that time, integration and the cultures of ethnic groups were not considered mutually exclusive. But by the turn of the century, we saw that the cultures and religions of nonWestern ethnic others (including both migrants and their children) were increasingly considered to be the main source of social problems and disruption of social cohesion in society (Schinkel & van Houdt, 2010). This has been the backbone of the growing restrictive and assimilative turn in Dutch discourse.…”

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“…There is growing pressure for migrants to adjust themselves to what it means to be Dutch (Ossewaarde, 2007;Schinkel & van Houdt, 2010). According to the WRR (2007), a Dutch scientific board that advises the government, this current understanding of integration and its link to belonging to the Dutch national identity should be revised to embrace the complexity of the process.…”

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“…Loyalty to Dutch identity is increasingly presented as a dilemma for non-Western migrants: either they choose the Netherlands or they choose their home country (Scientific Council for Government Policy [WRR], 2007). This shift in the Dutch discourse, from integration to assimilation with an emphasis on loyalty toward Dutch national identity, is argued to be the result of the perceived failure of integration during the "multicultural era" (Schinkel & van Houdt, 2010;Vasta, 2007).…”

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Identification Paradoxes and Multiple Belongings: The Narratives of Italian Migrants in the Netherlands

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In a time identified by many as one of "multicultural backlash," we can observe a growing negative discourse on the integration of migrants with Islamic backgrounds in most European countries. Criticisms are rooted in the assumptions that cultural and religious differences are the source of social problems and that these migrants are unwilling to integrate. The aim of this article is threefold. First, it criticizes the linear and simplistic assumptions of integration informing the present negative dominant discourse in the Netherlands. Second, it shows that sources of belonging are more layered than the often-assumed exclusive identification with national identity. Third, it broadens the scope of discussion on integration (which is now mainly fixated on Islamic migrants) by showing the somewhat similar experiences of Italian migrants on their path toward integration and belonging within the Dutch context. Through this study, we argue that the process of ethnic othering in the Netherlands is broader than the often-assumed cultural difference of non-Western migrants.

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Identification Paradoxes and Multiple Belongings: The Narratives of Italian Migrants in the Netherlands

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“…Chapter 1). Willem Schinkel and Friso van Houdt (2010) (183,197). While almost half of young Dutch natives have flexible jobs instead of permanent ones, this is the case for two-thirds of migrant groups.…”

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A New Dawn for the Second Sex

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2017

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To what extent is Simone de Beauvoir's study The Second Sex still relevant? From her work it emerges that patriarchy is a many-headed monster. Over the past decades, various heads of this monster have been slayed: important breakthroughs have been achieved by and for women in law, politics, and economics. Today, however, we witness movements in the opposite direction, such as a masculinist political revival in different parts of the world, the spread of the neoliberal myth of the Super Woman, the rise of transnational networks of trafficking in women and children, and a new international 'Jihadism'. This suggests that patriarchy is indeed a Hydra: a multi-headed monster that grows several new heads every time one head is cut off. Since different - often hybrid - heads of patriarchy dominate in different settings, feminism requires a variety of strategies. Women's movements all over the world today are critically creating new models of self and society in their own contexts. Drawing on notions of Beauvoir, as well as Michel Foucault, this book outlines a 'feminism in a new key' which consists of women's various freedom practices, each hunting the Hydra in their own key - but with mutual support.

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“…Nevertheless, Bulgarians and Romanians still travel to the Netherlands without work permits and become active in local informal economies (Snel et al 2010). The final institutional change is that the Netherlands' integration policy is now based more firmly on the premise that migrants are responsible for themselves and that they have an obligation to contribute to Dutch society as 'active citizens' (Schinkel and Van Houdt 2010). All these changes have led to a fragmentation of the Netherlands' current labour migration and integration policy.…”

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