CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Anguiano Rodriguez, Dananai Antonia |
|---|---|
| Title | The Politics Of Islamophobia Examining The Case Of The Dutch Party For Freedom |
| Summary | The victory of the Party for Freedom (PVV) in the recent 2023 Dutch General Elections after years of middling electoral outcomes presents a puzzling observation. The party’s Islamophobic identity coupled with a seemingly rising trend in Islamophobic sentiment in the Netherlands suggests changes in such views within the populace may predict the party’s electoral performance. This thesis undertakes a primarily theoretical and survey-based analysis of sociological and socio-psychological features based on Social-Structure and Personality research approaches, while incorporating historical circumstances and demographic makeups as potential explanatory factors for this stark change. The sociological context which may produce voters for a party like the PVV and the factors leading to the evolution of such an environment are discussed. In order to shore up the initial sociological inquiry, and to confirm more empirically whether Islamophobic sentiment and the PVV’s instrumentalization of it tangibly contributes to their electoral outcomes, this paper includes an additional quantitative analysis. This section measures the impact that the prevalence of Islamophobic views within the Dutch voter population and people’s identification of Islamophobic and xenophobic policies with the PVV, has had on the PVV’s historical electoral performance. It is expected that a relatively strong correlation will be detected, signifying that Islamophobic sentiment, and the identification of related policy as an issue championed by the PVV, leads to voters supporting them, and as such the 2023 outcome is thus in line with this trend. We find that the factors do demonstrate tangible predictive value for the party’s electoral outcomes. |
| Supervisor | Sachseder, Julia |
| Department | Undergraduate Studies BA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/anguiano_dananai.pdf |
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