De auteur behandelt de impact van 9/11 en de daaropvolgende aanslagen en incidenten in Europa en Nederland op de Nederlandse maatschappij. Hij kijkt daartoe naar tegenstellingen en tweespalt vanuit twee perspectieven: de publieke ruimte en de politieke arena. Hierbij neemt hij beide vrij letterlijk, …

Dit artikel wil laten zien hoe en waarom religie opnieuw op de agenda is komen te staan van de internationale politiek. Waarom is religie sinds 11 september 2001 zo in de belangstelling gekomen? Hoe werkt religie door in de politiek? Wat is de relatie tussen religie en het ontstaan van conflicten? Welke …

Bob de Graaff beziet in hoeverre de Nederlandse overheid erin is geslaagd in de tien jaren na de aanslagen van 9/11 samenhang in het contraterrorismebeleid te behouden dan wel aan te brengen. De Nationaal Coordinator Terrorismebestrijding (NCTb) speelt in dit artikel een belangrijke rol. Aan de orde …

This paper is concerned with the governance of geodetic deformation measurements. If we want to know if and how fast a country, or parts of it, are subsiding or rising, who decides that it should be measured and how is the methodology determined? What interests are at stake? How is the proper use and …

Libya and Bulgaria have been actively involved in mutually beneficial political and trade relations in the past. These were based on the numerous agreements established notably between the two leaders - Muammar Gaddafi and Todor Zhivkov and their totalitarian regimes. The two dictators took the bilateral …

Regional news media are facing tough times, as they lose readers and advertisers rapidly. In The Netherlands, circulation decreased from 2.7 million in 1990 to 1.8 million in 2010, household penetration declined from 47 percent to 25 percent, and the number of titles went down from 35 to 18 in the …

Patient care guidelines are usually implemented one at a time, yet patients are at risk for multiple, often preventable, adverse events simultaneously. This study aimed to test the effect of the SAFE or SORRY? programme on the incidence of three adverse events (pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections …

Background Idiopathic Toe Walking (ITW) is present in children older than 3 years of age still walking on their toes without signs of neurological, orthopaedic or psychiatric diseases. ITW has been estimated to occur in 7% to 24% of the childhood population. To study associations between Idiopathic Toe …

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and reliability of the modified Berg Balance Scale (mBBS) in persons with severe intellectual and visual disabilities (severe multiple disabilities, SMD) assigned Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) grades I and II. …

One of the key elements of the vision of The Hague University is its international character; the students should feel themselves as global citizens. European Studies (ES) is one of the most important international-orientated study programmes within The Hague University which educates students to become …