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dc.contributor.advisorCompton, M.E.
dc.contributor.authorMeijer, D.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-06T18:00:42Z
dc.date.available2020-01-06T18:00:42Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/34440
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, policy preferences are measured regarding policies to protect stateless people in the Netherlands. The research questions were: “What explains support for statelessness protection in the Netherlands?” and “Do people support it more when it is presented as a human rights issue?” Four possible explanations for the support for statelessness protection are examined, each of these have a corresponding hypothesis. The first hypothesis is: “Respondents who think more positively about immigration will be more likely to support government policy to protect the rights of stateless people.” The second hypotheses is: “When people have greater employment security they will be more likely to support government policy to protect the rights of stateless people.” The third hypotheses is: “When people are worried less about crime they will be more likely to support government policy to protect the rights of stateless people.” The fourth hypotheses is: “Respondents exposed to the human rights frame will be more likely to support government policy to protect the rights of stateless people.” This hypothesis is linked to the second research question about presenting the issue as a human rights issue. This approach was taken into account, because framing effects are often studied and framing has much impact in many scientific studies. To measure the policy preferences, a survey experiment was set out online to Dutch speaking people. No database of potential respondents was used, the respondents were mainly from the social network of the researcher. After some questions in the survey, a set of information was offered to the respondents. This was a randomly assigned set of information out of five sets. These sets were not equally shown. The last question was the question about the policy preferences regarding statelessness policies. The results of the survey experiment are that only one hypotheses is supported, hypothesis one. This means that a relation is present between more positive attitudes towards immigration and support for government policy to protect the rights of stateless people. The answer to “What explains support for statelessness protection in the Netherlands?” is that although according to the theory four possible explanations could be found, for only one explanation is evidence. This supported explanation is that the immigration attitudes of the respondents have influence on their policy preferences regarding policies to protect stateless people. If somebody is more positive about immigration, it is likely that this person is also more positive about policies to protect stateless people. The second research question: “Do people support it more when it is presented as a human rights issue?” can be answered with a no. In the results no evidence was present to state that presenting the issue in a human rights frame would increase the support for policies to protect stateless people. Even though in scientific literature enough indications were present.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.format.extent1613029
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dc.language.isoen
dc.titleStatelessness, do you want to protect me? Explanations for the support of government policies to protect stateless people
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsPolicy preferences, framing, stateless, statelessness, human rights
dc.subject.courseuuBestuur en beleid


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