Pub Date : 2019-11-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.4.005.lubb
M. Lubbers, P. Scheepers
Abstract In this study, we focus on a considered key value of the Netherlands: tolerance towards outgroups. We set out to answer the research questions: (1) what has been the longitudinal trend in social distance towards migrants, Muslims and ‘Gypsies’?; and (2) have there been (changes in) longitudinal differences between specific social categories?, in relation to the theoretical assumptions from contact and conflict theory. Based on Dutch data from the European Values Study, we show that social distance towards migrants, Muslims and ‘Gypsies’ increased in the first decade of the century as compared to the previous decade. In the second decade, social distance towards migrants and Muslims has not changed much; however, social distance towards ‘Gypsies’ has strongly increased further, even though the size of the group hardly changed. We discuss differential longitudinal trends within specific societal groups. The youngest cohort, socialized most strongly with immigrants and Muslims, turns out to be most likely to keep distance towards these groups in recent times ‐ a finding more in line with conflict theory than with contact theory. We end with explanations for the observation that particularly the ‘Gypsies’ have become the most excluded outgroup, not just in the Netherlands, but in the whole of Europe.
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Pub Date : 2019-11-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.4.004.muis
Quita Muis, Inge Sieben, Tim Reeskens, Loek Halman
Abstract In this study, we explore trends in sexual-ethical permissiveness in the Netherlands during the last decades. Using Dutch data from the European Values Study (1981-2017), we show that tolerance towards homosexuality, abortion, divorce, euthanasia, and suicide increased in this period. About a third of this trend can be explained by cohort replacement: because younger, more permissive cohorts slowly replace older, less permissive cohorts, the moral climate in society changes. In turn, the differences in sexual-ethical permissiveness between cohorts can be explained by differences in level of education, church attendance and religious socialization. At the same time, the results of the counterfactual analyses show that all groups in Dutch society, including the lower educated and churchgoers, have become more permissive about sexual-ethical aspects of life. Apparently, a moral progressive consensus is present in the Netherlands. Finally, our results show that the youngest cohort, born between 1990 and 1999, appears somewhat less permissive than older cohorts. If these more conservative moral convictions persist in the future and are present in new generations as well, there may be a cultural backlash.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.3.002.padm
Lars Padmos, J. Dijkstra
Abstract Settling for less: a deliberate political choice or a lack of information?In a well-functioning democracy voters should elect parties and representatives with whom they agree on policy issues. The current paper investigates the extent to which Dutch voters in the 2017 parliamentary election had accurate information about parties’ policy positions. We elicit the extent to which voters think they vote for parties with whom they maximally agree (subjective congruence) and the extent to which this is actually true (objective congruence). Results show voters in our sample to have accurate information about approximately half of the policy positions of a random large party. Only 21.5 percent voted for a party with whom they were maximally objectively congruent. Objective congruence does not increase with information accuracy. Voters appear to consciously accept losses in terms of subjective congruence, as only 34.7 percent votes for a party with whom they think to be maximally congruent. These results are compatible with the interpretation of voters first choosing a party, and then (to some degree) adapting their personal policy positions to those of the chosen party.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.3.003.van
J. Middendorp, M. Gesthuizen, R. Geuns
Abstract Severity of financial problems: The role of financial knowledge and competences, financial behaviour, financial self-efficacy and motivation of ‘Thuisadministratie’ clientsIn this study we examine if and how self-evaluated financial knowledge and competences, financial behaviour, financial self-efficacy, and motivation are associated with the severity of financial problems of clients in ‘financial self-management projects’ (Dutch: Thuisadministratie). These projects involve support provided by volunteers. Our data included 249 respondents who filled out a questionnaire at the start of the support. The results indicate that particularly unhealthy financial behaviour and lower levels of financial self-efficacy relate to more serious financial problems. Volunteers support people with serious financial problems in getting access to formal debt counselling. Besides this, volunteers should not only focus on improving financial knowledge and competences, but also on contributing to higher levels of financial self-efficacy and healthier financial behaviour of their clients.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.3.001.suan
B. Suanet
{"title":"“In de knel”","authors":"B. Suanet","doi":"10.5117/mem2019.3.001.suan","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5117/mem2019.3.001.suan","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35265,"journal":{"name":"Mens en Maatschappij","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42484365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-06-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.2.002.thij
L. Thijssen, M. Coenders, B. Lancee
Abstract Ethnic discrimination in the Dutch labour market: Differences between ethnic minority groups and the role of personal information about job applicantsIn this study, we present the results of a large-scale field experiment on ethnic discrimination in the Dutch job market. We sent fictitious job applications (N = 4,211) to vacancies for jobs in ten different occupations in the Netherlands. By examining 35 different ethnic minority groups, we detect considerable differences in discrimination rates between western (discrimination rate 1.2) and non-western minorities (discrimination rate 1.4). Furthermore, we find little systematic variation in discrimination with regard to gender, regions, and occupations, pointing to the existence of an ethnic hierarchy that is widely shared among employers. Finally, we do not find empirical support for the hypothesis that adding personal information in job applications reduces discrimination.
{"title":"Etnische discriminatie op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt","authors":"L. Thijssen, M. Coenders, B. Lancee","doi":"10.5117/mem2019.2.002.thij","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5117/mem2019.2.002.thij","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Ethnic discrimination in the Dutch labour market: Differences between ethnic minority groups and the role of personal information about job applicantsIn this study, we present the results of a large-scale field experiment on ethnic discrimination\u0000 in the Dutch job market. We sent fictitious job applications (N = 4,211) to vacancies for jobs in ten different occupations in the Netherlands. By examining 35 different ethnic minority groups, we detect considerable differences in discrimination rates between western (discrimination rate\u0000 1.2) and non-western minorities (discrimination rate 1.4). Furthermore, we find little systematic variation in discrimination with regard to gender, regions, and occupations, pointing to the existence of an ethnic hierarchy that is widely shared among employers. Finally, we do not find empirical\u0000 support for the hypothesis that adding personal information in job applications reduces discrimination.","PeriodicalId":35265,"journal":{"name":"Mens en Maatschappij","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42095651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-06-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.2.001.noij
Lonneke van Noije
{"title":"Sloppy news","authors":"Lonneke van Noije","doi":"10.5117/mem2019.2.001.noij","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5117/mem2019.2.001.noij","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35265,"journal":{"name":"Mens en Maatschappij","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45849103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-06-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.2.004.dale
D. V. Dalen
Abstract The cosmopolitan citizen in a world of fading boundaries: a research on the migration aspirations of the Dutch and Flemish that have settled in MoroccoWithin the scientific literature on migration, there is a seemingly strong emphasis on migrants who migrate to countries that are wealthier than their country of origin. Literature regarding the phenomenon of people moving to countries less wealthy than their country of origin is scarce. Therefore, the focus in this study is on Flemish and Dutch people (without Moroccan background) who migrated to Morocco with the main objective of finding out the reason for their migration. The model of Timmerman, Hemmerechts and de Clerck (2014) takes centre stage, the aim of which is to identify factors on the micro-, macro- and meso-level which influence the individual perception on migration. This study is based on secondary data analysis of 27 interviews with 21 individuals and 6 couples. At the micro-level, the love for a partner, the love for Morocco, the preference for the climate, and the presence of the so-called cosmopolitan identity are important factors in the creation of migration aspirations. On the macro-level the economic context (mainly because of a reduction in maintenance costs) is the most important reason to move to Marocco. The migration literature is increasingly focusing on the meso-level in which the social network of the migrant is most important. Most salient is that factors at the meso-level have hardly had any influence on the creation of migration aspirations for these interviewees. The identified factors on the micro-level and macro-level are in line with the fledgling theory Lifestyle Migration. Further research could indicate if the above-mentioned results comply with migrants who move to other non-traditional migration countries.
{"title":"De kosmopolitische burger in een grensvervagende wereld","authors":"D. V. Dalen","doi":"10.5117/mem2019.2.004.dale","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5117/mem2019.2.004.dale","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The cosmopolitan citizen in a world of fading boundaries: a research on the migration aspirations of the Dutch and Flemish that have settled in MoroccoWithin the scientific literature on migration, there is a seemingly strong emphasis on migrants\u0000 who migrate to countries that are wealthier than their country of origin. Literature regarding the phenomenon of people moving to countries less wealthy than their country of origin is scarce. Therefore, the focus in this study is on Flemish and Dutch people (without Moroccan background) who\u0000 migrated to Morocco with the main objective of finding out the reason for their migration. The model of Timmerman, Hemmerechts and de Clerck (2014) takes centre stage, the aim of which is to identify factors on the micro-, macro- and meso-level which influence the individual perception on\u0000 migration. This study is based on secondary data analysis of 27 interviews with 21 individuals and 6 couples. At the micro-level, the love for a partner, the love for Morocco, the preference for the climate, and the presence of the so-called cosmopolitan identity are important factors in the\u0000 creation of migration aspirations. On the macro-level the economic context (mainly because of a reduction in maintenance costs) is the most important reason to move to Marocco. The migration literature is increasingly focusing on the meso-level in which the social network of the migrant is\u0000 most important. Most salient is that factors at the meso-level have hardly had any influence on the creation of migration aspirations for these interviewees. The identified factors on the micro-level and macro-level are in line with the fledgling theory Lifestyle Migration. Further\u0000 research could indicate if the above-mentioned results comply with migrants who move to other non-traditional migration countries.","PeriodicalId":35265,"journal":{"name":"Mens en Maatschappij","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43513245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-06-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.2.003.dumo
M. Dumon
Abstract Everyday sexism and Islamophobia in Ghent: a situation testPeople can experience everyday discrimination based on a number of characteristics. In this study, there will be a focus on everyday discrimination based on gender and religion. The interaction between gender and religion is the most current within Islam, therefore, the intersectional relationship between sexism and Islamophobia will be studied. A situation test was designed which was non-paired (random assignment) and has been performed 807 times. Test persons with three different profiles (a white male without an Islamic symbol, a white female without an Islamic symbol and a white female with an Islamic symbol) asked coincidental by-passers (white males without an Islamic symbol) if they could use their phone to send a text message. The results show that the white female without Islamic symbol have odds that are 6.0 times as high for experiencing that the request is granted, odds that are 5.1 times as low for experiencing that the by-passers do not physically give the phone and odds that are 3.2 times as low for experiencing doubt before the request is granted in comparison to the white male without Islamic symbol. The differences in responses were not significantly different between the white female with Islamic symbol and the white male without Islamic symbol. Benevolent sexism (towards the white female without Islamic symbol) and Islamophobia (towards the white female with Islamic symbol) are present.
{"title":"Alledaags seksisme en islamofobie in Gent","authors":"M. Dumon","doi":"10.5117/mem2019.2.003.dumo","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5117/mem2019.2.003.dumo","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Everyday sexism and Islamophobia in Ghent: a situation testPeople can experience everyday discrimination based on a number of characteristics. In this study, there will be a focus on everyday discrimination based on gender and religion. The interaction\u0000 between gender and religion is the most current within Islam, therefore, the intersectional relationship between sexism and Islamophobia will be studied. A situation test was designed which was non-paired (random assignment) and has been performed 807 times. Test persons with three different\u0000 profiles (a white male without an Islamic symbol, a white female without an Islamic symbol and a white female with an Islamic symbol) asked coincidental by-passers (white males without an Islamic symbol) if they could use their phone to send a text message. The results show that the white\u0000 female without Islamic symbol have odds that are 6.0 times as high for experiencing that the request is granted, odds that are 5.1 times as low for experiencing that the by-passers do not physically give the phone and odds that are 3.2 times as low for experiencing doubt before the request\u0000 is granted in comparison to the white male without Islamic symbol. The differences in responses were not significantly different between the white female with Islamic symbol and the white male without Islamic symbol. Benevolent sexism (towards the white female without Islamic symbol) and Islamophobia\u0000 (towards the white female with Islamic symbol) are present.","PeriodicalId":35265,"journal":{"name":"Mens en Maatschappij","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45649096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.5117/mem2019.1.002.kram
M. Kramer
Abstract How much does technology weigh on the work-life balance scale?A qualitative study showing the influence of personal technology usage at the workplace on work-life balanceThis article shows through nine interviews how personal technology usage at the workplace influences how people with different roles experience their work-life balance (wlb). A distinction can be made between managers and non-managers. Managers experience the freedom to cross the borders between the work and life domains, while non-managers see this action as deviant behavior. As a result, managers use technology to be able to fulfill their private roles in the workdomain in order to compensate for their lacking time in the private domain. Non-managers don’t share the same freedom, and therefore experience a good wlb when they strictly divide their roles. In addition, parents with young children experience a better wlb because of technology usage. They use it to stay in contact with their children for whom they feel great responsibility. Parents with older children don’t feel the need to stay in contact all day and try to separate their roles. Furthermore, all respondents experience less satisfaction with the performance of their work role through personal internet use for relaxation (cyberloafing), resulting in a worsened wlb.
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