Populism in the Netherlands: Framing a Crisis

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2018-03-12
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In this thesis, a bottom-up approach is taken to investigate why and how people support right-wing populist parties in the Netherlands. Qualitative research methods are used to research the frames used by PVV-supporters. This is in contrast to the main debates in the scientific literature on populism, which is mainly based on a top-down, macro-level approach. The overview of framing processes by Benford and Snow (2002) is used to bring the literature on populism and ethnicity into one cohesive analytical tool. Furthermore, the notion of the crisis frame by Oberschall (2000) shows how the different frames of PVV-supporters constitute to a meaningful narrative that makes sense of the world by using the emotion of fear. PVV-supporters use 5 frames and multiple subframes within the crisis frame to identify societal and personal problems. These bring about feelings of distrust towards politicians and ascribe negative characteristics to foreign migrants, seeing them as dangerous, rude and a strain on welfare. The Dutch culture is seen as in danger and socio-economic change in the last decades has caused these frames to flourish. These people turn to the PVV because they offer the only solutions to these problems.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen