Traanman, Tijmen (2022) The Roots of Societal Resentment in a Town in the Netherlands. Master thesis, Cultural Geography - Tourism Geography and Planning (TGP).
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Abstract
Societal discontent has increased in the Western world over the past decades and has found its way to the polling stations in the shape of populist-based political parties. This study researches the general attitude of the inhabitants of a semi-peripheral town in the Netherlands over five months. Over the course of this period, several different crises erupted in the Netherlands (and the wider Western hemisphere). The theoretical background is adapted from Nancy Fraser’s (in)justice theory, where the rural component was added and different themes were followed upon. A qualitative cross-sectional case study was conducted where eight different in-depth interviews were held with inhabitants of the town of Holten, Overijssel. Additionally, anonymous field notes were obtained during the time period of this study. The participants of the research did express different feelings of societal resentment rooted in either the political or the cultural spheres, resentment based upon economic hardship was far less present. However, no real traces of deteriorating resentment or possible radicalisation were found in this case study. This research concludes by providing options and conclusions that can help people understand the regional societal resentment felt in the countryside of the Netherlands and includes a caution for the government.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Berg, C.F. van den and Vulpen, B. van |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2022 12:12 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2022 12:12 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/230 |
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