Investigating support for political violence in the Netherlands ...

Scholars increasingly worry about an increase in citizens’ tolerance for political violence, an issue that has moved to the forefront of public debates as a result of the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th 2021. In the Netherlands, dramatic events such as those of January 6th have not transpired. But when the Dutch government introduced an evening curfew to combat the spread of Covid-19 on January 23th 2021, riots broke out in several Dutch cities. Although these riots were condemned across the entire political spectrum, it is worthwhile to investigate the extent to which Dutch citize... Mehr ...