For some people‚ living in abroad is a matter of pride. For others‚ living in another country is a challenge to be faced. Things that are not the same as the conditions in the home country become problems that must be overcome. As in the year 2015 – 2016‚ when my family and I lived in Wageningen-Netherlands to support my husband pursuing his postgraduate degree. Many things or problems I have experienced made me look for ways to make lives there easier for me as well as for others. There are common
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rights of the “original” Dutch citizens‚ including the gay community‚ are centrally positioned. This “exclusion of racial and class others” rooted in the inclusion of homosexuals in “body politics” has been conceptualized by Puar as ‘homonationalism’ (Aydemir‚ 2012‚ p. 188). In this paper‚ the position of gay rights in the discussion surrounding (anti-) multiculturalism in Dutch politics is examined. It will be argued that ‘Homonationalism is increasingly used in Dutch politics to support anti-multiculturalist
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The Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer is a novel which focuses on main protagonist Minke in the 1890’s Dutch colonized Indonesia. During the 1890’s in Indonesia‚ the social classes were segregated from the upper-class Europeans‚ to the mixed-race Indonesians in the middle and native Indonesians at the bottom. Furthermore‚ women were shown as characters that were weak. Throughout the novel‚ Toer writes about the women’s limited voice and power in society as Nyai Ontosoroh and Maiko were both
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In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates goes to great lengths to explain and differentiate between the ideas of opinion and knowledge. Throughout society‚ most common men are lovers of sights and sounds. "Lovers of sights and sounds like beautiful sounds‚ colors‚ shapes‚ and everything fashioned out of them‚ but their thought is unable to see and embrace the nature of the beautiful itself (Republic 476b)." The few who do recognize the beautiful itself are followers of the sight of truth‚ the philosophers
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1. This place has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. In the Bible‚ it was the place of refuge for King David. It was one of the world’s first health resorts - for Herod the Great. It had been the supplier of a wide variety of products‚ from asphalt for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers. Which place are we talking about? 2. What was formed primarily as a result of defeat of West Germany by Yugoslavia (0–1) in a 1962 World Cup football quarter-final
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Justice In Plato ’s The Republic‚ the author seeks to define the meaning of justice. In the story‚ the main character Socrates and some other men are discussing the subject of justice in the city and how one might judge what is just. At one point in the argument‚ Thrasymachus‚ one of the debaters and a sophist‚ makes a very broad and controversial statement: "Justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger." This sparks a heated discussion between him and his friends‚ who ask him to
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MS Jansen Name: Kaixi Wang (Kassie) #10036067 Class: ES4E-1F Date: 18 March 2013 Instructor: MS Jansen The Hague University of Applied Sciences Logbook Introduction to Dutch Culture and Society The Hague University of Applied Sciences Logbook Introduction to Dutch Culture and Society 1. My Impression of Netherlands After my graduate from high school‚ I made a decision of continuing my further education in Europe with a personal reason of my adoration of
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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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Students Declaration 22 Appendix 23 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Netherlands is a part of the mainland Western Europe‚ densely populated and recognized globally for its windmills and Clogs. The Dutch United Provinces proclaimed their independence in 1579 from Spain. During the 17th century‚ the Dutch United colonies gained a reputation as a leading seafaring and commercial power. The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815 after it regained independence from a 20-year French occupational
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Republic Day is one of the three national holidays of India and the greatest festival celebrated in the country. It is celebrated every year on January 26‚ in New Delhi with great pomp‚ fanfare and pageant. While in the capitals of the States and other headquarters‚ it is marked with patriotic fervor. The most spectacular celebrations are marked by the Republic Day Parade that takes place in the capital of New Delhi at Rajpath. It includes march past of the three armed forces‚ massive parades‚ folk
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