by Gert Oostindie
edited by Michael Bommes, Lena Tsipouri and Vanja Stenius
Amsterdam University Press, 2012
eISBN: 978-90-485-1402-1 | Paper: 978-90-8964-353-7

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The Netherlands is home to one million citizens with roots in former Dutch colonies, such as Indonesia, Suriname, and the Antilles. Due to this influx of non-Western immigrants, a nationwide debate over multiculturalism has been waged over the past decade. Postcolonial Netherlands addresses themes of multicultural integration, such as state-sponsored financial gestures towards first-generation immigrants, and their subsequent results. Taking on a controversial thesis, Gert Oostindie claims that children of immigrants feel diminishing ties to their international origins and that for newer Dutch generations, multiculturalism has less and less importance.


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