In quest of stability in turbulent years. The Netherlands under prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende (2002-2010)

在动荡的岁月中寻求稳定。

• 批准号: 423584086
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Friso Wielenga
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Zentrum für Niederlande-Studien
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2018-12-31 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/423584086?language=en
• 关键词: quest; stability; turbulent; years.; Netherlands

In quest of stability in turbulent years. The Netherlands under prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende (2002-2010)Until the end of the 20th century, the Netherlands was regarded as a politically stable, tolerant, and pro-European nation, both by the Dutch themselves and by foreign observers. Political minorities and immigrants were viewed as being integrated in exemplary ways, and the political culture seemed to be dominated by the attempt to find consensus on key societal issues rather than by interconfrontational politics. In 2002, this perception began to tilt. The change was marked by the murder of the successful right-wing politician Pim Fortuyn (2002), the politically motivated assassination of filmmaker Theo van Gogh (2004), and polarized public debates on the integration of immigrants. International issues, too, caused harsh controversy on a level hitherto unknown, like growing Euro-scepticism and the Dutch role in the US-led military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This period, dominated by Christian Democrat Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who headed four cabinets from 2002 to 2010, can be characterized as the most agitated phase of Dutch politics since 1945. So far, there is no thorough account of the domestic, international and socio-economic developments during this period of Dutch history. This study strives to fill this research lacuna. The initial findings are promising and offer new insights, not the least because a number of sources could be consulted that were not accessible before: the archives of the Prime Minister, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and of the Home Office. The archives of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour and of the Ministry of Finance will be consulted during the next phase of the research. A unique additional source are the interviews with leading politicians. So far, 13 cabinet members of the period mentioned and around 10 other politicians and high-ranking government officials have agreed to be interviewed, as well as business and labour union leaders. Former Prime Minister Balkenende granted an interview in which he will speak in depth about his role as head of government for the first time. Additional material will be used from parliamentary debates, surveys, and a representative selection of articles in dailies and weeklies. Studying the intertwined relations between the political, socio-economic and communicative spheres during the first post-9/11 decade is relevant beyond the Dutch case, as a number of developments in the Netherlands are not foreign to other European democracies. They, too, struggle with electoral volatility, the rise of populism, heated debates on immigration and integration, difficulties in forming a government coalition, and growing Euro-scepticism. This study therefore will lay the ground for a comparative perspective on developed democracies in the early 21st century.

为了追求动荡的岁月的稳定。荷兰总理詹·彼得·巴尔基宁德（Jan Peter Balkenende）（2002-2010）领导的荷兰直到20世纪末，荷兰被视为荷兰人和外国观察家，被视为政治上稳定，宽容和亲欧洲国家。政治少数群体和移民被视为以示例性的方式融合，而政治文化似乎是由试图在关键社会问题上找到共识而不是互置政治的试图主导的。 2002年，这种看法开始倾斜。这一变化的标志是成功的右翼政治家Pim Fortuyn（2002），电影制片人Theo Van Gogh（2004）的政治动机暗杀以及有关移民融合的两极分化的公开辩论。国际问题也引起了迄今未知水平的严厉争议，例如欧元感知主义的发展以及荷兰在美国领导的伊拉克和阿富汗军事行动中的作用。这一时期由基督教民主党总理扬·彼得·巴尔基宁德（Jan Peter Balkenende）主导，从2002年到2010年，他领导了四个内阁，可以被描述为自1945年以来荷兰政治最激动人期的阶段。到目前为止，尚无对荷兰历史上的国内，国际，国际和社会经济发展的全面说明。这项研究致力于填补这项研究。 最初的发现是有希望的，并提供了新的见解，这不仅是因为可以咨询以前无法访问的许多来源：总理的档案，外交部和内政部的档案。在下一阶段，将咨询社会事务和劳动部以及财政部的档案。 一个独特的其他来源是对主要政客的访谈。到目前为止，该时期的13名内阁成员以及大约10名其他政客和高级政府官员同意接受采访以及商业和工会领导人。前总理巴尔肯德（Balkenende）接受了一次采访，他将首次谈论他作为政府主管的角色。其他材料将从议会辩论，调查以及日报和周刊中的代表性选择中使用。 在第一个9/11之后的十年中，研究政治，社会经济和交流领域之间的相互交织的关系与荷兰案有关，因为荷兰的许多事态发展与其他欧洲民主国家并不陌生。他们也在选举波动，民粹主义的兴起，关于移民和融合的激烈辩论，建立政府联盟的困难以及日益增长的欧元受感染主义方面的激烈辩论。因此，这项研究将在21世纪初期对发达民主国家的比较观点奠定基础。