Roßkamp, Gesa (2025) Political Participation of International Students on the Dutch Municipal Level in Leeuwarden: Barriers and Chances. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
The main focus of this paper lies in finding the barriers of why international students are not participating in local politics and what role the local government can play in the relationship in the case of Leeuwarden. In a second study, this research examined whether the wethouders, thus the aldermen, are aware of the political participation of international students. The methodology followed a Participation Action Research, which aims to produce a meaningful outcome and insight in the political participation of international students. This has been researched through a future workshop. The role of the municipality has been assessed with two interviews with members of the Leeuwarden city council, the aldermen. The main result of this research is that international students are generally interested in participating in local politics, but do face challenges in doing so. First, the participants are unaware of their possibilities, thus have a knowledge gap in their and the municipality's responsibilities, and are not having the structure to participate. Additionally, the students are facing time constraints that hinders their participation. The municipality is aware of their role that they have limited responsibility in increasing the political participation of that group but however is also facing a knowledge gap about the rights and possibilities of the international students. This thesis contributes to the literature on political participation of International Student Mobility by centering the future workshop as a suitable method to not only potentially trigger political participation but to also determine challenges of international students in Leeuwarden.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Geiger, J.L. |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2025 10:10 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2025 10:10 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/626 |
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