What explains nonresident citizens’ voter turnout and which effects do overseas votes generate in homeland politics? Using a multi-method strategy that encompasses 3 cross-sectional time-series... Show moreWhat explains nonresident citizens’ voter turnout and which effects do overseas votes generate in homeland politics? Using a multi-method strategy that encompasses 3 cross-sectional time-series datasets, 50 semi-structured interviews, the analysis of official documents and party manifestos, this dissertation examines nonresident citizens’ voter turnout in Latin America and Southern Europe. The results are abundant. First, the author finds that registration rules, compulsory voting, concurrent elections, voting methods, and democratic quality have a meaningful impact on nonresident citizens’ voter turnout. Second, in this dissertation, there is an in-depth understanding of the different incentives, opportunities, and constraints associated with nonresident citizens’ voter turnout, including the role of homeland authorities and de facto practices to promote and/or to organize elections abroad. Third, the author unpacks swing, interregnum, incumbency, and feedback effects from a comparative quantitative logic. Correspondingly, this study suggests that parties, homeland politicians, and policymakers seek to avoid unwanted consequences controlling or influencing the political agenda. Both a sizable nonresident population and a high number of overseas votes have a moderate but significant impact on election results, either changing or not the bargaining among party organizations to govern. Lastly, this dissertation explores three pathways to analyze non-resident citizens’ voter turnout over time. Show less
This thesis discusses three aspects of Chinese tulou heritage management. Tulou are traditional fortified multifamily dwellings prevalent in southern Fujian. It first examines the tulou... Show moreThis thesis discusses three aspects of Chinese tulou heritage management. Tulou are traditional fortified multifamily dwellings prevalent in southern Fujian. It first examines the tulou interpretation prevailing in southern Fujian. Based on building studies, oral history, genealogies and interviews, it tries to reconstruct a relatively complete landscape biography to describe the essential episodes of built environment evolution in the Hekeng River Valley. This biography highlights the part non-tulou architecture and non-agricultural economic forms have played in the evolution of the settlement environment. It then discusses the regulations and laws which may have direct impact on not only the built heritage but also the life of local lineage society. It criticizes the harsh control of the local government over local people’s built heritage and their environment in the name of heritage preservation. It then moves on to examine the roles of different stakeholders in the heritage framework concerning the use of local people’s built heritage. It explores the possibility of reaching equilibrium among all the heritage players in the form of contracts, and offers some suggestions to the stakeholders getting involved in the tulou management issues. Show less
Deze dissertatie brengt de werkwijze in kaart van de Delftse bestuurscolleges, eind zeventiende eeuw. Dat waren er drie: - De vier burgemeesters vormden het dagelijks bestuur: zij beslisten over... Show moreDeze dissertatie brengt de werkwijze in kaart van de Delftse bestuurscolleges, eind zeventiende eeuw. Dat waren er drie: - De vier burgemeesters vormden het dagelijks bestuur: zij beslisten over alle uitgaven van de stad, deden veel benoemingen en onderhielden contacten met bijvoorbeeld andere steden en het landsbestuur. - Het college van schout, burgemeesters en schepenen, oftewel de heren van de wet, stelde de wetten en regels vast in Delft, en besloot ook over de toepassing ervan. Grofweg de helft van de onderwerpen die bij de heren van de wet ter tafel kwamen, waren aangedragen door de stadsbewoners in de vorm verzoekschriften. - De veertigraad bemoeide zich vooral met het bestuur van heel Holland; de stad had daarin ook daadwerkelijk een stem. Daarnaast had de raad een belangrijke rol bij de jaarlijkse verkiezing van de heren van de wet, evenals van andere bestuurders. Vaak deden de Delftse stadsbestuurders onderzoek voordat zij een besluit namen. Zij informeerden bij betrokkenen, onderzochten hoe hun voorgangers in vergelijkbare gevallen hadden besloten of welke regels andere steden op hetzelfde punt hadden ingesteld. Als het onderwerp ingewikkeld was, benoemden zij een commissie om het onderzoek uit te voeren. seventeenth century, Dutch Republic, City government, magistracy, burgomasters, city council, council of forty, petition, committee, policy Show less
Op 7 mei 2011 publiceerde het NRC Handelsblad een essay van Anil Ramdas, waarin hij zich een overtuigd criticus van het Nederlandse minderhedenbeleid betoonde. Hij verweet de overheid een te grote... Show moreOp 7 mei 2011 publiceerde het NRC Handelsblad een essay van Anil Ramdas, waarin hij zich een overtuigd criticus van het Nederlandse minderhedenbeleid betoonde. Hij verweet de overheid een te grote opdringerigheid in de omgang met de eigen culturen van migranten. Rond de eeuwwisseling, en in het bijzonder na ‘9/11’ en de moord op Theo van Gogh in 2004, was er sprake van een slingerbeweging naar het andere uiterste: ‘de overheid voelt zich nu geroepen om niet de eigen culturen te bevorderen, maar om de eigen culturen te bestrijden!’ In Het Land van Herkomst, waarin de banden van Marokkaanse migranten centraal staan, verklaart Bouras de veranderde houding van de Nederlandse overheid. Ook aan Marokkaanse zijde deden zich verschuivingen voor. Met de analyse van het Marokkaanse emigratiebeleid en levensverhalen van Marokkanen laat Bouras zien dat de aard en de omvang van de banden met Marokko in de periode tusse n 1960 en 2010 bepaald worden door meerdere factoren. Show less
This ethnographic study investigated what wartime children identified as common illnesses which affected them and how they restored normality. The research findings were aimed at providing baseline... Show moreThis ethnographic study investigated what wartime children identified as common illnesses which affected them and how they restored normality. The research findings were aimed at providing baseline information for policies and healthcare interventions consistent with children__s own needs and priorities. Qualitative ethnographic methods suitable for children aged 9-16 years were employed over a one year period in 2004-2005 and through visits to Gulu district in 2006 and 2007. A survey was conducted with 165 children (N=165), in addition to an extensive follow-up of 24 children. Data show that there was a high burden of illnesses among the children. Illnesses were mainly infectious diseases and complaints symptomatic of emotional distress. For infectious illnesses, children used herbal medicines and pharmaceuticals including prescription-only medicines like antibiotics and antimalarials. Coping mechanisms for emotional distress included discouraging open expression of suffering, using tranquilisers, atika plant (Labiate species), and engaging in income generating activities. Findings further highlight epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and policy issues regarding wartime children__s illness experiences and quests for wellbeing. Children readily discussed experiences with infectious illnesses because of their acute onset, primacy, and a priority. Infectious diseases are an immediate need and disorganize a relatively stable condition of emotional distress. Whereas some forms of emotional distress are severe and require immediate redress, there are no simple ways of dealing with them. Although this study underscores the importance of addressing wider socio-economic factors as effective preventive approaches in dealing with infectious diseases and emotional distress, I propose that it is fitting for children to engage in short term curative approaches in illness management, in the context of medical pluralism given the dire context in which they lived. Show less
