Dutch Integration Policy Analysis
A public policy is ‘The process by which binding decisions are prepared, made and implemented for a community of people’. A policy can fail mainly due to three reasons. First, implementation failure i.e. when a policy fails due to poor implementation. Second, instrumental failure i.e. when a policy fails to reach the goals it was made for. Third, failure in Normative Justification i.e. when a policy’s goal is not justifiable and does not appeal to values which the relevant public shares. (Keer, 1976) This assignment is going to evaluate two policies by discussing success and failures of each. First the Dutch integration policy will be discussed followed by the policy of minimum wage in the UK. The Dutch Integration policy was questioned and
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It keeps evolving in an attempt to reach a certain level of success. The reasons behind such constant change is the implementation failure and the demand of the islamophobic citizens to make stricter laws regarding immigration and integration. (Entzinger, 2015)
Another reason for the failure of the integration policy is a lack of desire of the native Dutch to accept the non-Dutch. (María Bruquetas-Callejo, …show more content…
It is expected that foreigners should adapt to the culture of the Netherlands but any other culture than the Dutch is considered to be a threat. . (Gordijn, 2010, pp.217)This causes failure in the normative justification of this policy as the current integration policy does not confirm to the value of neither the natives nor the foreigners. The only thing that can make the policy a success is if it’s bilateral. Both the Dutch and the foreigners must work on the integration. . (Gordijn, 2010, pp.223) Moreover, the policy makers should develop institutes where people can learn most key features of the Dutch culture. For instance; the type of humor the Dutch share. The integration program does try to educate the foreigners about the Dutch culture but to integrate completely people would need more than a few facts about the Dutch society.
Moving on to a policy that has been quite successful is the minimum wage policy in the UK. (M2 Presswire, 2002) The minimum wage policy is a part of Fair Labor Standards Act (Kovacic-Fleischer, 2017). It was in the year 1909 when the concept was introduced in the UK. (Machin, 1996, pp.667) Since then changes were made to make the policy more affective. For instance setting a national wage
It keeps evolving in an attempt to reach a certain level of success. The reasons behind such constant change is the implementation failure and the demand of the islamophobic citizens to make stricter laws regarding immigration and integration. (Entzinger, 2015)
Another reason for the failure of the integration policy is a lack of desire of the native Dutch to accept the non-Dutch. (María Bruquetas-Callejo, …show more content…
It is expected that foreigners should adapt to the culture of the Netherlands but any other culture than the Dutch is considered to be a threat. . (Gordijn, 2010, pp.217)This causes failure in the normative justification of this policy as the current integration policy does not confirm to the value of neither the natives nor the foreigners. The only thing that can make the policy a success is if it’s bilateral. Both the Dutch and the foreigners must work on the integration. . (Gordijn, 2010, pp.223) Moreover, the policy makers should develop institutes where people can learn most key features of the Dutch culture. For instance; the type of humor the Dutch share. The integration program does try to educate the foreigners about the Dutch culture but to integrate completely people would need more than a few facts about the Dutch society.
Moving on to a policy that has been quite successful is the minimum wage policy in the UK. (M2 Presswire, 2002) The minimum wage policy is a part of Fair Labor Standards Act (Kovacic-Fleischer, 2017). It was in the year 1909 when the concept was introduced in the UK. (Machin, 1996, pp.667) Since then changes were made to make the policy more affective. For instance setting a national wage