Het zelfbeeld van Amsterdamse migrantenpolitici in de jaren negentig

Samenvatting

The Self-Image of Amsterdam Migrant Politicians in the 1990s. Foreign residents were allowed to vote for the first time in the 1986 city elections in Amsterdam, Netherlands, encouraging political parties to have immigrant candidates on their slates. Campaign issues focused on ethnic minority rights rather than civil and political rights of foreigners. In 1990 and 1994, affirmative action was a key issue. To learn more about the formation of ethnic and antiracist identities and their relationship to political strategies, interview data were obtained from immigrant politicians, candidates, and elected officeholders (N = 29) in 1990 and 1994. Turks argued primarily from an ethnic perspective. Surinamese and Antilleans held an antiracist perspective, while Moroccans took an intermediate position. Turks viewed the Surinamese as black Dutch with an inferiority complex. Surinamese criticized the Turks for not adapting to Dutch society. Moroccans, sharing a colonial experience, sympathized with the Surinamese, while comparing their position to that of the Turks. Such rival images suggest possible conflicts in the existing coalition of immigrant politicians. 1 Appendix, 51 References. Adapted from the source document.