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Hoe de islam zich in Nederland ontwikkelt , lijkt in nevelen gehuld. Is er sprake van een verdergaande radicalisering of winnen juist liberale vormen van islam terrein? De vraag is ook of en in welke mate de ontwikkelingen beïnvloed of zelfs 'gestuurd' worden door de islam in de landen waar de eerste generatie moslims in Nederland vandaan komt. Ook is het geen uitgemaakte zaak hoe de overheid zich moet opstellen ten opzichte van de islam en moslims en hun organisaties. En hoe de media daarover dienen te berichten.Er hangt dus mist in de polder. Deze bundel wil de complexe ontwikkelingen omtren

Compromises have long been considered as the most important ingredient for the success of the Belgian and Dutch pacification democracy. The trick is to find one another in the middle was by politicians but also by political scientists (Lijphart, 1977) and analysts as an ideal put forward. Koen Koch described this a little whimpering but striking in a commentary on the policies of the second Cabinet Cook (1998-2002), in which Liberals and Social Democrats sat together: 'The color of political success in the Netherlands is not purple, but gray' (Koch, 1999). Adapted from the source document.

A review essay on De interventiestaat ([The Intervention State], de Beus, J. W., & van Doorn, A. A. [Eds], Meppel Amsterdam: Boom, 1984 [see IRPS 30/85a39263]) & Neil Gilbert's Capitalism and the Welfare State -- Dilemmas of Social Benevolence (New Haven/London: Yale U Press, 1983 [see IRPS No. 30/85a39648]). Analysis shows that the "intervention state" is an ambiguous concept, supported by conflicting liberal, etatist, & neocorporativist models. Attention is given to the universalization & commercialization of the Dutch welfare state. Most current research illustrates clearly that it is the Mc that derives the most benefits from the Dutch welfare system. M. Meeks

Changes in the post-WWII organization & structure of the Belgian political party system are discussed, focusing on the emergence of the welfare state. The prevalent trend of subcontracting social services to private firms, under the general direction of the sponsoring parties, is noted. The linguistic fractionalization of the major parties, the dynamics among the Catholic majority concentrated in Flanders, the socialist opposition centered chiefly in Wallonia, & the "balance" liberal parties are examined. Shifts in party identification & function, eg, toward clientelism & a dominant role in public policy formulation, are detailed, along with the role of TV in disseminating party propaganda. The declining role of party volunteers & grassroots activism is also discussed. Modified HA.

The relationship between Belgian 1988 municipal elections & socioeconomic characteristics of municipalities is analyzed using official election results. Findings show that: higher income has a negative effect on election results for Christian Democrats & Socialists, but a positive one for Liberals; a high number of residents dependent on welfare programs favor the Socialists, while university-educated voters favor the Greens; youth favor the Christian Democrats & the Greens, while urbanites favor the Socialists, Greens, & extremist right-wing Flemish party; the presence of North African immigrants positively corresponds with the Socialists & extreme right-wing party & negatively with the Greens; & participation by the extreme rightists leads to a decline in votes for the Socialists. 6 Tables. Adapted from the source document.

From the outset, the Belgian press has been a political press. The evolution of each opinion trend in Belgian newspapers since 1950 is analyzed. 5 main trends can be distinguished: the catholic, the liberal, the socialist, the communist, & the 'neutral' trend. Each of these is examined & newspapers which reflect the various trends are reviewed. The sales history of these newspapers is considered. It is almost impossible to verify the total circulation of the French newspapers & the circulation figures of the Flemish newspapers were exaggerated. The relationship between the number of readers of political newspapers & the number of voters for the corresponding political parties was examined & the disproportion between these is noted. 15 Tables. I. Verluyten.

This paper deals with the electoral & political consequences of urban region formation. The electoral geography of new political parties differs substantially from that of traditional ones. New parties are mainly successful in different parts of urban regions. The declining traditional parties have rather a regional pattern, although some of them show new spatial patterns too. These developments are interpreted in the context of the cleavage theory, in which old & new cleavages are linked with a different spatiality. Following the Anglo-Saxon literature an increasing process of polarisation is hypothesised between the welfare state orientated city & a neo-conservative & neo-liberal suburban fringe. This article examines & proofs the existence of these processes in the urban region of Brussels by means of individual-level & ecological electoral data. Figures. Adapted from the source document.

Die politische Landschaft der Niederlande wurde viele Jahre lang von drei Strömungen - den Christdemokraten, den Sozialdemokraten und den Liberalen - dominiert. Die Lage veränderte sich ab Mitte der 1960er Jahre: An die Stelle der vorherigen Stabilität trat eine immer grössere Unberechenbarkeit. Auch nahm die politische Zersplitterung zu und seit 2002 verzeichneten populistische Gruppierungen wiederholt Erfolge. Die raschen Veränderungen im Parteienspektrum sorgen bei oberflächlicher Betrachtung für eine Überbewertung der Unterschiede zwischen "damals" und "heute": Der aktuellen Instabilität steht die erstarrte Unbeweglichkeit der Vergangenheit gegenüber. Ein solches Bild ist jedoch eine Vereinfachung, denn auch in früheren Jahren konnten die politischen Spannungen eskalieren, und immer wieder scheiterten Kabinette vorzeitig. Neben allen Veränderungen sind somit auch Kontinuitäten und langfristig wirksame Traditionslinien in der niederländischen Politik zu beobachten. Der Sammelband Eine zersplitterte Landschaft geht auf diese Kontinuitäten und Veränderungen ein, indem er all jene Parteien betrachtet, die im Jahr 2017 in die Zweite Kammer des niederländischen Parlaments gewählt worden sind. Die älteste von ihnen existiert bereits seit beinahe 100 Jahren (SGP), die jüngsten Parteien (DENK und FvD) sind erst kurz vor der Wahl gegründet worden. Fast alle Beiträge sind von Vertretern der wissenschaftlichen Büros der Parteien verfasst worden, wodurch ein einzigartiger Blickwinkel entstanden ist: wissenschaftliche Distanz kombiniert mit einer Betrachtung von "innen heraus".