COVID-19 and social discontent in the Netherlands

On 20 January 2021 the Dutch parliament decided to introduce a night curfew from 9 pm to 4:30 am. The measure was taken to reduce COVID-19 infections caused by dinner parties and evening visits. It was expected to generate some protest; after all it was the first curfew in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in the Second World War. But very few expected the outburst of discontent in January 2021 in over twenty cities and villages throughout the Netherlands. This article tries to examine what happened, why and how, but also to what extent it was linked to social outbursts in other parts... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Biekart, Kees
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: Biekart , K 2021 , ' COVID-19 and social discontent in the Netherlands ' , DevISSues , vol. 23 , no. 1 , pp. 4-6 . < https://www.devissues.nl/covid-19-and-social-discontent-in-the-netherlands >
Sprache: Englisch
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On 20 January 2021 the Dutch parliament decided to introduce a night curfew from 9 pm to 4:30 am. The measure was taken to reduce COVID-19 infections caused by dinner parties and evening visits. It was expected to generate some protest; after all it was the first curfew in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in the Second World War. But very few expected the outburst of discontent in January 2021 in over twenty cities and villages throughout the Netherlands. This article tries to examine what happened, why and how, but also to what extent it was linked to social outbursts in other parts of the world.