Papers by Jan Willem Duyvendak
Critical Studies in Education, 2019
For some youth, thinking about the futurelet alone expressing aspirations for the futureis a daun... more For some youth, thinking about the futurelet alone expressing aspirations for the futureis a daunting task. This incapacity to aspire is problematic in itself, but particularly as neoliberal societies widely expect young people from adolescence onwards to have a plan for their own future. In our research among disadvantaged youth in Europe, we observed such dreamless predicaments countless times, prompting us to wonder: how and when do aspirations emerge? Why do they flourish or wither away over time? Why do youth from similar backgrounds, facing comparable levels of adversity, relate so differently to their future potential? Although the capacity to aspire is largely conditioned by one's social, economic and cultural background, it is not a given: its development depends on how individual life trajectories and the accumulated experience of social interactions become resources to explore the future in a productive way. Examining the micro-sociological processes through which the capacity to aspire unfolds is critical for understanding how young people learn to aspire and act on their aspirations in the long run. Building on insights from Appadurai, Bourdieu and research in continental Europe, this article proposes a conceptual framework for understanding how aspirations develop and wither.
European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, 2016
This article puts forward an interactionist discourse approach for studying the course of local p... more This article puts forward an interactionist discourse approach for studying the course of local political protest. We argue that how local policy-makers engage with the (anticipated) demands of citizens and mediate national policy produces distinct framing and feeling rules about potentially controversial issues. These framing and feeling rules open up or close down opportunities for citizen concerns to develop into collective action and policy change. Our contribution refines cultural approaches to social movement theory, focusing on local interactions in the formation of discourse, and allows us to better understand within-country variation in the course of contentious collective action. We develop our argument through a comparison of sixteen cases of installing mobile phone cell sites in the Netherlands. We show that the interaction between municipalities and citizens establishes a specific framing of the issue, of the role of citizens in decision-making and of the rules concerning what citizens may legitimately feel about mobile phone masts being erected in their neighbourhoods. This gives rise to four typical patterns of engagement between municipalities and citizens.
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2015
In the literature it is often suggested that mobile people, like their non-mobile counterparts, l... more In the literature it is often suggested that mobile people, like their non-mobile counterparts, look for particular places to connect with. This has been documented in research focused on the way in which migrants (re)create particular places in their countries of destination (i.e., the formation of ethnic enclaves). However, our extensive fieldwork among Mexican professionals in Madrid, such as postgraduate students, academics, IT professionals, journalists, and others, point toward the opposite direction: for the very mobile and the recently arrived particular places matter little (Duyvendak in The politics of home. Belonging and nostalgia in Western Europe and the United States. Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2011; Ley-Cervantes in Stuck in the middle: home-making strategies of Mexican Middling Migrants. Ph.D. Thesis, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2012). Instead they rely on generic places, such as airports, chain restaurants or hotels to feel at home. Instead of taking for granted the homeliness of certain places, this paper aims to inquire the role of generic places in the home-making experiences of a small and rather privileged portion of the moving population.
Een onderzoek naar de sociale effecten …, 2000
On the basis of the last chapter, one may wonder if ‘home’ is nothing more than a topos loaded wi... more On the basis of the last chapter, one may wonder if ‘home’ is nothing more than a topos loaded with nostalgia. But though there is, in the US, a strong longing for the past regarding home-at-home, there is more to home today than nostalgia; we also see conscious efforts at home-making for a better future. This chapter focuses on two social movements explicitly striving for new homes at the community level.
Ce qui se fait ailleurs CREMIS Revue du C entre de recherche de Montréal sur les inégalités socia... more Ce qui se fait ailleurs CREMIS Revue du C entre de recherche de Montréal sur les inégalités sociales, les discriminations et les pratiques alternatives de citoyenneté
Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2009
Social movement researchers propose different ways to incorporate meaning into structural approac... more Social movement researchers propose different ways to incorporate meaning into structural approaches, notably into political opportunity structure (POS) theory. In this article we further develop one of the recent attempts to do so: discursive opportunity structure theory (DOS) as proposed by Koopmans and Olzak. We pay particular attention to the role of feelings. Although the DOS model correctly points toward the discursive construction of political opportunities, it does not explain why certain events are experienced as opportunities by potential activists. We propose the reason is two-fold: 1) discourse contains feeling rules and 2) discourse resonance implies the shaping of protest subjectivity. Our model is applied to a specific case: protests against aircraft noise annoyance in two countries. We show that feeling annoyed by aircraft sound is shaped by specific policy discourses, which then prepares the ground for protests.
Beleid en Maatschappij, 2017
Hommes & migrations, 2017
Crafting Citizenship, 2012
Bridging the gulf between citizens and politics – or government and the governed – is an old them... more Bridging the gulf between citizens and politics – or government and the governed – is an old theme. Free citizens who alternately exercise the art of rule and thereby become fully human was the core of the classical Aristotelian notion of citizenship (Aristotle, Politics, III). For Aristotle, the essence of citizenship is to both rule and be ruled. A proper citizen both commands and obeys. The qualities of the ruler differ from those of the subject, but good citizens practice both. Citizens exercise both rights and duties to maintain the polis; they weigh disparate interests and make their decisions on the basis of what is good for the political community. By exercising their rights and duties to govern and to execute the decisions of others, citizens acquire virtue and wisdom, while only those who have learned to follow can themselves become good leaders. It is well known that the governance of society through public meetings, juries and the city council was not for women, children, slaves, laborers, or foreigners. Full citizenship was reserved for propertied men. Today, we think of citizenship in an all-inclusive manner, with everyone having the right to be a full citizen. Citizens do indeed claim the right to rule, but how about being ruled? Political authority is contested. It is, of course, no longer based on gender or property, but are newer bases for authority such as representation or expertise contested too?
American Journal of Sociology, 2015
B en M - Beleid en Maatschappij, 2006
Samenvatting Alleen onder exceptionele omstandigheden blijken mannen genegen om alle typen zorgta... more Samenvatting Alleen onder exceptionele omstandigheden blijken mannen genegen om alle typen zorgtaken op zich te nemen, zo blijkt uit dit artikel waarin verslag wordt gedaan van een onderzoek naar drie uitzonderlijke praktijken, te weten huishoudens van homovaders, ploegendienstmannen en telewerkers. Deze huishoudens wijken af van de 'standaardpraktijk' gedefinieerd als leefeenheid bestaande uit een man, vrouw en kind(eren), waarbij de man buitenshuis en op reguliere tijden (globaal van 9-17 uur) werkt en de vrouw (grotendeels) verantwoordelijk is voor huishoudelijke en zorgtaken. De belangrijkste conclusie van het artikel is dat opvattingen en preferenties van mannen ten aanzien van de taakverdeling tussen mannen en vrouwen sterk verbonden zijn met de (on) mogelijkheden die mannen hebben om te (niet te) zorgen en (niet te) te werken. De opinies van mannen blijken rekbaar te zijn als mannen door veranderde omstandigheden (andere werktijden, werkpatronen of een alternatieve huishoudvorm) bepaalde taken wel moeten uitvoeren. 1 Inleiding Het bestaande arbeid-en zorgbeleid in de landen van de EU-15 is slechts in beperkte mate gericht op werkelijke de-gendering van zorgtaken, zoveel leert ons het vorige artikel. In vele landen zijn wel maatregelen genomen die de arbeidsparticipatie van vrouwen faciliteren en/of de zorgdeelname van mannen bevorderen, maar dergelijke nationale maatregelen leiden nog niet tot een grotere deelname van mannen aan alle zorgtaken. In het inleidende artikel hebben we vastgesteld dat belangrijke voorwaarden om hiertoe te komen de de-gendering van taken is. Maar wanneer vindt dat plaats? In dit artikel kijken we naar een drietal uitzonderlijk praktijken op huishoudensniveau en stellen daarbij de vraag in hoeverre betrokken personen, zowel in denken als doen, veranderen als de omstandigheden zich wijzigen. We kijken naar deze exceptionele huishoudens omdat bij hen de kans groot, of groter, is dat bepaalde taken niet meer op een stereotype wijze aan gender worden gekoppeld. Zodoende komen we meer te weten over voorwaarden voor verandering van de verdeling van arbeiden zorgtaken.
Longtemps montrés en exemple pour avoir endigué la crise du logement et maîtrisé les coûts liés à... more Longtemps montrés en exemple pour avoir endigué la crise du logement et maîtrisé les coûts liés à l'habitat en milieu urbain au moyen d'investissements massifs dans le logement social, certains États d'Europe du nord sont désormais engagés dans de profondes ...
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2006
Since the rise of a right-wing populist movement in 2002, the issue of the ‘unsuccessful’ integra... more Since the rise of a right-wing populist movement in 2002, the issue of the ‘unsuccessful’ integration of ethnic minorities is at the centre of Dutch public debate. The quest for promising social spheres to bridge gaps between the autochthonous Dutch population and minority groups has brought recreational sport to the political agenda. Sport participation is widely advocated as an effective and unproblematic way for interethnic contact and socialization. In this article we report on two studies conducted in the city of Rotterdam to test these assumptions. One study, focusing on motivations to participate in sport, showed that among participants meeting different people is less valued than expected, especially among marginalized migrant-groups who primarily want to confirm their ethnic identity through homogeneous sport activities. Further research on sport encounters between different ethnic groups made it clear that, particularly in soccer, these encounters frequently result in aggr...
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