Research programme
Comparative and Dutch Politics
Our researchers study the formation and transformation of political attitudes, behaviours, and power relationships both within and across political systems. Their work examines the roles of citizens and non-citizens, as well as political elites, and analyses how these actors are represented by and interact with political institutions, including parliaments, governments, political parties, and public administrations.
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- Sarah de Lange
Research within the group spans democratic and non-democratic contexts and addresses the ways in which political processes are shaped not only by domestic institutions and actors, but also by transnational, international, and cross-regional dynamics.
Thematically, this research encompasses autocratisation and democratisation; citizenship; coalition formation, corruption, and patronage; federalism; immigration and integration; Kingdom relations; local politics; political mobilisation along cultural, ethnic, generational, geographical, religious, and socio-economic lines; and populism, nativism, and illiberalism.
Geographically, empirical work focuses on the Netherlands, the six Caribbean islands of the Kingdom, and countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. While some researchers specialise in individual countries or regions, others adopt explicitly comparative and cross-national approaches.