E. (Eline) Westra
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Profile
Eline Westra is a doctoral researcher at the political science department. Her dissertation explores the postcolonial citizenship of Surinamese-Dutch citizens in the Netherlands from the 1970s to the present. In her research, she has focused on the perspectives of Surinamese-Dutch citizens and activist organisations concerning migration- and social policy, and their role in (re)defining what 'nation' and 'family' mean in a postcolonial context.
The research is part of dr. Saskia Bonjour’s VIDI project ‘Strange(r) Families. Political Contestation over Family Migration Rights for Non-Normative Families'. This project analyses how migration law and politics deal with different kinds of families asking to be allowed to live together in Europe.
Eline holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Democratization (EMA Venice, Italy) and a Bachelor’s in International Relations (University of Groningen).
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Publications
2024
Westra, E. (2024). Multiple barriers to the Dutch welfare state: Black Feminists’ intersectional claims to social citizenship in the 1980s. Critical Social Policy, 44(3), 403-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183231215232 [details]- Westra, E., & van Hooren, F. J. (2024). Social rights in a post-colonial welfare state: Revisiting ‘universality’ and ‘inclusivity’. Journal of European Social Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09589287241297540
2023
- Westra, E., Bonjour, S. A., & Vermeulen, F. F. (2023). Claiming a postcolonial differential citizenship: Contestation of family migration rights in the Netherlands in the wake of Suriname’s independence. Migration Studies, 11(3), 431-451. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnad013 [details]
2024
- Westra, E. (2024). Perspectieven op postkoloniaal burgerschap: Politieke claims van Surinaams-Nederlandse organisaties na de onafhankelijkheid van Suriname (1975). In K. Fatah-Black, & L. Lauret (Eds.), Koloniaal Burgerschap: Geschiedenis en Erfenis (pp. 227-240). Boom.
2022
- Westra, E. (Author), & Bonjour, S. (Author). (2022). Postcolonial Migration and Citizenship in the Netherlands. Web publication or website, Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20220128-180405-0 [details]
2023
- Westra, E. (Author), & Konaté, S. W. (Author). (2023). Discriminatie op het kruispunt: een intersectionele analyse van het toeslagenschandaal. Web publication or website, De nederlandse boekengids. https://www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20231123-eline-westra-salama-konate/
- van Hooren, F. J., & Westra, E. (2023). Wanneer volgt de echte reparatie van het ‘AOW-gat’ van Surinaamse Nederlanders? NRC. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/05/08/wanneer-volgt-de-echte-reparatie-van-het-aow-gat-van-surinaamse-nederlanders-a4164120
Others
- Bonjour, S. (organiser), Cleton, L. (organiser), Westra, E. (organiser) & Evaldsson Mellstrom, S. (organiser) (6-7-2021 - 7-7-2021). Engaging with Intersectional Approaches to the Politics of Migration (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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Westra, E. (2024). Multiple barriers to the Dutch welfare state: Black Feminists’ intersectional claims to social citizenship in the 1980s. Critical Social Policy, 44(3), 403-424.