The Netherlands : globalization and national identity / Frank J. Lechner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lechner, Frank J.

Series:

Global Realities

Globalizing regions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Netherlands.

Group identity.

Globalization--Political aspects--Netherlands.

Globalization.

Globalization--Social aspects--Netherlands.

Netherlands--Social conditions--1945-.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Netherlands is the first concise, authored introduction available on the topic. The Netherlands has been a key entrepot in the world capitalist system for centuries, but because of relatively recent demographic changes, it has become symbolic of the clash of European and Islamic cultures. Perhaps the most secular nation in the world, it now houses a very large Islamic population. That population is the fruit of globalization, and how the Dutch have responded to this broad cultural shift tells us a great deal about the changing nature of national identity in the age of globaliza

Contents:

Front Cover; The Netherlands; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; One. Orange Nation: Soccer and National Identity in the Netherlands; Two. Reimagining the Nation in the Global Age; Three. Debating the Nation: History and the Development of Dutch Identity Discourse; Four. One Nation Without God: Secularization and the Problem of a National Culture; Five. "Keeping Things Together": Dutch Integration Policy and the Coming of Multicultural Society; Six. Solidarity in the Polder: Social Policy and the Retrenchment of the Dutch Welfare State

Seven. The Nation in View: Media Policy and the Crisis in Dutch Public BroadcastingEight. In Search of Distinction: Redefining the Nation in a United Europe; Nine.Toward a Cosmopolitan Nationalism?; Selected Acronyms; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-341) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-90770-6

1-283-59080-8

9786613903259

0-203-93986-7

1-135-90771-4

9780203939864

OCLC:

810082630