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STUDY DEALS WITH ASPECTS OF THE FOREIGN POLICYMAKING PROCESS IN NETHERLANDS, A SMALL INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACY. AN ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED OF PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OVER FOREIGN POLICY AS PERCEIVED BY ELITES (THE BUREAUCRACY AND PARLIAMENT AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, PARTIES AND INTEREST GROUPS, ETC.). SECURITY POLICY, DEVELOPMENT AID & EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ARE 3 ISSUES DEALT WITH SPECIFICALLY.

THE VIEW THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ARE OR SHOULD BE UNIVERSAL HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE 1948. THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES THE DILEMMAS WHICH OCCUR WHEN CONFLICTS ARISE BETWEEN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORM ON THE ONE HAND AND OTHER DESIRABLE POLITICAL OBJECTIVES ON THE OTHER, EXAMPLES OF SUCH OBJECTIVES ARE DETENTE BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE THIRD WORLD. THIS ARTICLE EMPHASIZES THE LATTER SUBJECT.