Populism in the Netherlands: tradition or trend?
This article examines the history of populism in the Netherlands and how this led to the recent success of the populist right-wing PVV. This party is mostly known for its radical ideas aboutRead More
Interns of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen completed their project
Everything comes to an end and so does the stay of our interns Muriel Akkerman, Evelyn Callapino Guarachi and Akram Yahiaoui. With the support of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IfA), they have beenRead More
Populism discussed by Hans Blokland at a conference of the Humboldt-Foundation.
At a conference of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn on November 4, Hans Blokland delivered a pulse lecture on populism: what is it, what causes it, what can we do aboutRead More
Muriel Akkerman, Evelyn Callapino Guarachi, Noëlle Wendling and Eline Sap joined our
Muriel Akkerman, Evelyn Callapino Guarachi, Noëlle Wendling and Eline Sap joined our team. The stays of Muriel and Evelyn have been made possible by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen,Read More
Developing a social enterprise devoted to democracy, deliberation and respect in a pr
As citizens increasingly lose trust in politics and society, it becomes more important than ever for state and civilian organizations to be reliable, predictable, transparent, and decent. When citizens become more and moreRead More
Resisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond
Democracies around the world seem to lose appeal for growing numbers of citizens. Partly explaining this trend, citizens seem less and less able to steer, on the basis of substantial rational considerations, theRead More
Loneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and
Twenty years ago, the American political psychologist Robert E. Lane (1917 – 2017) published The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies (2000). In it, he showed that Westerners (and Americans in particular) wereRead More
Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside
We are in a small town in rural Brandenburg and talk for two days with 32 long-term unemployed people. Most of them are older than 50. They opted to become a part ofRead More
The Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief Overview
The so-called crisis of masculinity has drawn much attention and concern by politicians, academics, the public, and most dominantly, the media. This crisis is characterised by a widely perceived fear, uncertainty, and hysteriaRead More
How Postmodernism Advanced Populism: An Inside Story From The Netherlands
There are many factors that explain the upheaval of populism. Postmodernism is one of them. In the Netherlands, certainly the columnist represented and helped to shape the postmodernist mood, a mood characterized byRead More