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Political Science; European Union - Analyse van de diepgaande veranderingen in de internationale omgeving na 1989-1990. Vooral de veiligheidssituatie is gewijzigd. Het is in het belang van Nederland om mee te werken aan de vorming van een 'kerngroep' onder leiding van Duitsland en Frankrijk als daardoor een verdieping van de Europese integratie gestalte kan krijgen.

Vol. 1: Belgique/Belgie, Danmark, Deutschland. - XXIII,570 S. - ISBN 92-829-0229-3.; Vol. 2: France. - XXI, S. 573-1326. - ISBN 92-829-0230-7.; Vol. 3: Hellas, Espana, Ireland. - XXI, S. 1329-2003. - ISBN 92-829-0231-5.; Vol. 4: Italia, Luxembourg, Nederland, Portugal, United Kingdom. - XXI, S. 2009-2718. - ISBN 92-829-0232-3

An analysis of the Flemish radio program "BRT-Aktueel" 1989-1991 assesses the objective coverage of news in the construction of world image. News reports on domestic-, state-, country group-, & international organization-related issues were tabulated. It was found that, overall, only a small range of items were consistently covered in detail, with a preference for temporary events. Foreign issues formed the bulk of the reporting, dominated by European, then the former USSR, & finally US material. The selection of issues for reporting is a function of media in a democratic society, reflecting structural, hegemonic, & subjective rather than objective criteria. Among these were geographical proximity, the country's global status, media structure, press agencies, or journalist's personal preference. 7 Tables, 1 Figure. Adapted from the source document.

In light of the European emergence of extreme right-wing parties, Dutch & Flemish works are reviewed, focusing on the situation in Flanders. In Racistische partijen in West-Europa. Tussen nationale traditie en Europese samenwerking ([Racist Parties in Western Europe between National Tradition and European Cooperation] Leiden, Netherlands: Stichting Burgerschapskunde, 1993), Frank Elbers & Meindert Fennema view extreme Right parties as single-issue (ie, migrants) parties characterized by racism. Their work is found insightful on an international level, but too general regarding the situation in Flanders; further, revision is necessary to account for developments around & since the 1994 European elections. Patrick Stouthuysen's Extreem-rechts in na-oorlogs Europa ([The Extreme Right in Postwar Europe] Brussels, Belgium: VUB, 1993) views extreme Right parties as protest parties with a very unreliable electorate &, therefore, little chance to become influential. The book is balanced in its organization, but the lack of empirical data is deplored & the situation in Flanders is not addressed; although it is suggested that the perspective of right-wing parties as protest parties applies to Flanders as well as to the rest of Western Europe. Jos Vander Velpen's Daar komen ze aangemarcheerd. Extreem-rechts in Europa ([They're Marchin' In. The Extreme Right in Europe] Berchem-Breda, Netherlands: EPO 1992), a work of critical journalism in the Marxist tradition, is found rather one-sided & predictable in its perspective on modern Europe as a new bulwark of nationalism & foreigner hate, but the extensive analysis of the Flemish extreme Right party Vlaams Blok is deemed valuable. Rinke Van den Brink's De internationale van de haat. Extreem-rechts in West-Europa ([The Internationalization of Hate. The Extreme Right in Western Europe] Amsterdam, Netherlands: Uitgeverij SUA, 1994) is a compilation of articles about Western European right-wing parties & interviews with their members & leaders previously published in the critically liberal Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland. The book primarily shows the public image sought & projected by right-wing parties, emphasizing the Vlaams Blok. Strategies toward eradicating extreme right-wing parties are discussed. S. Paul