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TPCS 32: “Undesirable”: Culturism and low intensity ethnic cleansing in The Netherlands
How are events like the Balkan massacres connected to debates and policies about migrants and migration? Discussions about a potential link between the two are considered as inappropriate in Dutch media and politics. This working paper discusses the link between the two by elaborating on ‘low intensity ethnic cleansing’ in the light of deportation, detention and other methods of ethno-territorial homogenization in Europe.
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By Paul Mutsaers and Hans Siebers
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This article can be read as a trenchant discussion of current migrant-hostile politics in the Netherlands. Analogous to the notion of low intensity conflict, it introduces the term ‘low intensity ethnic cleansing’ and explores whether it can be applied to improve our analysis of Dutch migration and integration politics. Taking into account both Dutch migrant-hostile policies and voices of the most outspoken politicians, as well as the broader European context, this text shows an increasing and mainstreamed call for ethno-territorial homogeneity of the European and national space. While comparisons of European migration and integration regimes and signs of cleansing largely fall on deaf ears, the uneasy question is no longer neglected or circumvented in this text.
Keywords: Low intensity ethnic cleansing, culturism, cultural fundamentalism, low intensity warfare, migrant hostility, Dutch migration and integration politics
How to quote: Mutsaers, P. & Siebers, H. (2012). "Undesirable": Culturism and low intensity ethnic cleansing in the Netherlands. (Tilburg Papers in Culture Studies; No. 32).
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