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Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Decolonization, Migration And The Postcolonial Bonus -- 2. Citizenship: Rights, Participation, Identification -- 3. The Struggle For Recognition: War And The Silent Migration -- 4. The Individualization Of Identity -- 5. Imagining Colonialism -- 6. Transnationalism: A Turning Tide? -- 7. An International Perspective -- 8. 'Postcolonial' (In The) Netherlands -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index Of People, Organizations And Memorial Sites
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