This research seeks to contribute to the academic debate on the politics of development aid in th... more This research seeks to contribute to the academic debate on the politics of development aid in the context of violent conflict. It focuses on the Netherlands as a political and development actor in the post-Oslo context in Palestine, and attempts to understand and situate Dutch bilateral development aid policies in that specific context. It examines the convergence of Dutch foreign and development aid policies and investigates the historical and geopolitical dynamics underlying the specific policy choices. An in-depth examination of interrelated pol-icy discourses illuminates the politics of identity representations in constructing and legitimizing the policies of and discourses around Dutch development aid to Palestine. Analysing these discourses and Dutch framing of the concepts of "conflict", "peace", and “security”- and the interrelation between them in the Palestinian context- allows for an understanding of Dutch framing of Palestinian development needs and ...
This research seeks to contribute to the academic debate on the politics of development aid in th... more This research seeks to contribute to the academic debate on the politics of development aid in the context of violent conflict. It focuses on the Netherlands as a political and development actor in the post-Oslo context in Palestine, and attempts to understand and situate Dutch bilateral development aid policies in that specific context. It examines the convergence of Dutch foreign and development aid policies and investigates the historical and geopolitical dynamics underlying the specific policy choices. An in-depth examination of interrelated pol-icy discourses illuminates the politics of identity representations in constructing and legitimizing the policies of and discourses around Dutch development aid to Palestine. Analysing these discourses and Dutch framing of the concepts of "conflict", "peace", and “security”- and the interrelation between them in the Palestinian context- allows for an understanding of Dutch framing of Palestinian development needs and ...
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