Doelstelling Eind 2011 is er door de GGD Twente in Overijssel en Gelderland een grootschalig longitudinaal onderzoek uitgevoerd, E-MOVO (Elektronische Monitor en Voorlichting). Uit het onderzoek is gebleken dat 63% van de jongeren uit de gemeente ooit alcohol heeft gedronken. Ook heeft één procent van …

In dit onderzoek wordt inzichtelijk gemaakt hoe de gemeente Meppel het huidige coffeeshopbeleid kan actualiseren. Aanleiding om het coffeeshopbeleid te actualiseren is de nieuwe landelijke wetgeving die niet is opgenomen in het huidige coffeeshopbeleid, het matige samenwerkingsverband met de betrokken …

In this chapter we argue that management control with respect to financial ­ and material resources is connected to issues of safety and security; the delivery of safety and security may be seriously hampered by improper management control. Starting from this connection we aim to decipher the dynamics …

The urgency of analysing the case of female genital cutting (FGC) increases due to the globalisation of today’s world, enhancing multicultural societies dealing with benefits and challenges with respect to cultural differences. Generally, FGC originates from and is promoted as a highly valued cultural …

The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the foreign policy changes that the EU experienced due to the Iraq crisis. The increasing complexity of the global security environment has played an important role in the EU foreign policy evolution by challenging the EU’s effective management of …

Writing expressive dialogues can be used to assist individuals in developing their career identities – that is: stories that are needed to help people position themselves in relation to the current labour market. Writing expressive dialogues entails having written conversations with various parts of …

This research analyses the situation of the Russian minority in Lithuania. Lithuania is a post-soviet country and a neighbour of the Russian Federation that has been feeling threats due to Russia´s actions in Ukraine and its overall policies for its near abroad and compatriots. As a country with a Russian …

An estimated 6,000 EU citizens have left their home country to join the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) in battle. The Netherlands has contributed approximately 260 foreign fighters to IS since 2012. Several attacks on European ground, such as Brussels and Paris, have been carried out by foreign …

In the first half of the 20th century, the individual life course was largely determined by ‘standard biographies’ (Du Bois-Reymond, 1998; Meijers & Wesselingh, 1999) whereby identity – the story individuals tell themselves and share with others about the meaning of their lives (Meijers & Lengelle, …