What is it about?
In this paper, we study relationships between actors and related power and polarisation processes in the opinion pieces about minority integration in newspapers in the Netherlands and Flanders. The results indicate that the group that is critical to minorities is becoming more powerful in the Netherlands, but the results in Flanders are inconclusive.
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Why is it important?
The recent election in the Netherlands indicates that political parties who are critical towards immigration are becoming more powerful. This paper can shed light on how these political parties increase their discursive dominance. Additionally, the current political climate shows polarisation is on the rise, so more knowledge about how polarisation plays out on the opinion pages of newspapers is imperative.
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Writing this article was a pleasure as it allowed me to get to apply a new method and increase my knowledge about a topic which I find both important and fascinating, namely the public debate on minority integration. Many thanks to my co-authors, who put in hard work to continue to improve the content. I hope the readers enjoy the unusual approach, as well as reading about the findings.
Anna Berbers
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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This page is a summary of: From the margin to the centre? A relational analysis of discursive contention in the minority integration debate in the Low Countries, International Communication Gazette, April 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1748048519842476.
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