Spotlights

  • Ruimte voor regulering van politieke microtargeting

    Ruimte voor regulering van politieke microtargeting

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    De verkiezingsstrijd digitaliseert. Politieke partijen maken dankbaar gebruik van de technologische mogelijkheden die de eenentwintigste eeuw te bieden heeft. Microtargeting, in het bijzonder via de sociale media, stelt hen in staat om op basis van data-analyse individuele burgers op maat gemaakte campagne-berichten te sturen: ouderen over de AOW, studenten over de basisbeurs. Zelfs de toonzetting kan worden afgestemd op de karaktertrekken van de ontvanger opdat de boodschap zo goed mogelijk overkomt.

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  • Reconstructing Mosul: Occupation, destruction and rebuilding

    Reconstructing Mosul: Occupation, desctruction and rebuilding

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    Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, has great historical and cultural significance. After Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi used Mosul’s Al Nuri Mosque to declare the caliphate in 2014, the city was captured and occupied by the Islamic State. After a fierce battle, the city was liberated in 2017, however, large parts of the city, including most of the old city, were completely destroyed. Currently, the city is undergoing reconstruction. This book focuses on that reconstruction by zooming in on the cultural heritage sites, the residential areas and the camps outside of the city where former residents...

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  • The Multiple lives of Jacob Israël de Haan: The Palestine years (1919-1924)

    The Multiple lives of Jacob Israël de Haan

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    During the turbulent period following the First World War, the Dutch and queer Jewish poet, writer and journalist Jacob Israël de Haan (Smilde 1881-Jerusalem 1924) worked in Mandate Palestine as a correspondent for the Algemeen Handelsblad and later British media like The Times and Daily Mail. However, his stay in Jerusalem and his broader views on politics, culture...
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New Releases

Cover Liber amicorum Gerrit Voerman

Een wandelend repertorium voor politieke partijen: Gerrit Voerman bij het DNPP (1985-2024)

Yvonne de Geus, Léonie de Jonge, Ulco Kooystra, Paul Lucardie
October 24, 2024
Cover The multiple lives of Jacob Israel de Haan
Volume 4

The Multiple lives of Jacob Israël de Haan: The Palestine years (1919-1924)

Karène Sanchez Summerer, Lucia Admiraal; Karstian Oudman
October 7, 2024
Cover Revisiting Palestine Illustrated
Volume 3

Revisiting Palestine Illustrated: 100 Years after Frank Scholten’s visit to the ‘Holy Land’

Karène Sanchez Summerer; Rayane Chraïti, Danique de Groot, Folmer Veeman
September 16, 2024
Cover Reconstructing Mosul
Volume 2

Reconstructing Mosul: Occupation, destruction and rebuilding

Kiki Santing, Courtney Bonneau, Stella Martany
September 16, 2024

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Forthcoming books

2024-01-16

What are the new book releases of 2024 you don’t want to miss?
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