Polarisation Strategy
The polarisation strategy was a political strategy in the Netherlands used by the Labour Party (PvdA) from 1966 to the 1980s. With this strategy, the party aimed to emphasise the differences with the confessional parties, particularly the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and its successor Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). By highlighting these differences, the party attempted to create a division in Dutch politics based on conservative versus progressive lines. The intellectual father of the strategy was Ed van Thijn. Characteristics According to political scientist Philip van Praag, the polarisation strategy had three characteristics: # Splitting the Dutch electorate into progressive versus conservative # A self-sufficient progressive majority # Forming coalitions prior to the elections to create clarity for the cabinet formation Development The polarisation strategy was a renewal of the breakthrough idea that the PvdA had embraced since World War II, aimed at breaking throu ...
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