Political participation of immigrants in the Netherlands
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Abstract
On January 27 th, 1984, the Council of Ministers decided to submit a bill to Parliament which would amend the electoral law so as to enable most foreign immigrants in the Netherlands to take part in local elections. This decision is a crucial step in the long process which will lead eventually to a fuller participation of immigrants in the Dutch political system, and consequently also in Dutch society as a whole. This paper considers in some detail the arguments that have been put forward during the long debate that prepare the recent cabinet decision. For a better understanding of these arguments we shall first have to give a brief outline of Netherlands government policy for immigrant minorities in general.
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Bibliographical reference
H. ENTZINGER, “Political participation of immigrants in the Netherlands”, Cahiers d’études sur la Méditerranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien, 1 | 1985,
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.Electronic reference
H. ENTZINGER, “Political participation of immigrants in the Netherlands”, Cahiers d’études sur la Méditerranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien [Online], 1 | 1985, Online since , connection on 13 June 2026. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/cemoti/520; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/cemoti.520
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