The Long March of the Dutch Socialist Party

1995

The radical right parties in Western Europe has increased and popularized since 1980’s. In Netherlands the radical right parties’ popularity started on early 2000. In France, Belgium, Austria it has effected many people’s voting behavior from the 1980’s but in Netherlands it has a younger history than other states but the electoral successes are similar. This research aimed to explain the starting point of radical right in Netherlands and concentrating on party Lijst Pim Fortuyn and the effects of contemporary radical right in Netherlands. Firstly, the article explains the leader of the party’s features and how is it shaped the party. Secondly the LPF features and voters’ behaviors last point of research implies LPF’s influence of contemporary radical right in Netherlands on a theoretical framework which is based on Roger Eatwell’s ten theories . The methodology is maintained with composition of party programme LPV and the leader’s features. The academic researches and the internet sources has been used as main reference.

2020

As a movement the Dutch and German Communist Left took shape in the first years after the October Revolution, and largely disappeared after the defeat of the socialist revolution in Germany. Today it is mainly remembered as a target of Lenin's polemic in Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder (1920), and its specific political ideas often disappear when lumped together with other movements as 'ultra-left'.

The interview was conducted within the framework of the POPULISMUS research project on 26 September 2014 at the University of Groningen. The transcript of the interview has been edited for publication, with the agreement of Professor Voerman.

2018

In the past 20 years, a wave of right-wing populist movements has swept over Europe, changing the face of European politics. The Netherlands has been one of the more iconic countries to partake in this shift. Known internationally as an emblem of progressivism and tolerance, the country soon became a frontrunner in the revival of nationalist and anti-immigrant sentiment. This is the first study to offer an extensive engagement with the ideas behind the Dutch swing to the right. The emergence of Dutch populism, this book shows, formed an integral part of a broader conservative tendency, identified as the Dutch New Right. In the US and the UK, the term New Right has been used to describe conservative backlash movements that arose in opposition to the progressive movements of the 1960s. The Dutch swing to the right, this book argues, formed a belated iteration of the New Right backlash that occurred overseas.

Acta Politica, 2008

Even in the relatively open political system of the Netherlands, most new parties never pass the threshold of representation and keep waiting in vain in the wings of political power. Since 1989 only 10 out of 63 newcomers gained one or more seats in parliament, owing to a favourable political opportunity structure and significant resources. Three of them disappeared into political oblivion after one parliamentary term. Only two of them have participated in government. In this paper we offer some explanations as regards the variety in origins as well as a typology with respect to their differences in terms of ideology and policy agenda. The analysis shows that however short-lived parties in opposition may be they have an impact on the political agenda, in particular recently.

European Journal of Political Research, 1992

Abstract. The Extreme Right in the Netherlands has always been relatively weak; there was neither a strong ideological right-wing tradition nor a solid social base. Moreover, the Extreme Right has always been fragmented and divided. Historically, three varieties can be distinguished: theocratic Protestantism (‘Very Old Right’), neo-fascism or national socialism (‘Old Right’) and ethnocentric nationalism (‘New Right’). The third variety, since 1984 represented by the Centre Democrats, has gained some ground in recent years. Though reliable data are still scarce, it seems plausible that the party has attracted not only ideologically motivated extremists but also ‘protest voters’, mainly in older urban working class areas.

2000

One person’s freedom is another’s constraint. The Dutch post-war conflict between Left and Right is articulated around two conceptions of freedom: one neoliberal, the other socialist. Two thinkers are attached to these conceptions. There is Friedrich Hayek, doyen of neoliberalism and intellectual inspiration for the Dutch conservative-liberal party, VVD. In 1944, Hayek published The Road to Serfdom, which grew out to become a foundational text of the neoliberal movement. And there is Den Uyl, the foremost thinker and leader of Dutch post-war social democracy, and co-author of The Road to Freedom, the 1951 plan that outlined the socialist vision of the Dutch social democrat party (PvdA). As the title makes clear, the plan served as a rebuttal to Hayek. The conflict took the form of a dialectic of freedom: both sides used opposing conceptions of freedom in pursuit of hegemony, while both maintained that the opponent’s freedom was a pathway to oppression.