{"id":787,"date":"2025-10-02T03:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/van-den-berg-maarten\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:55:01","slug":"van-den-berg-maarten","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berg-maarten\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Den Berg Maarten"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"van den Berg Maarten\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/the-personal-may-become-political\/169508-1-eng-gb\/the-personal-may-become-political_column.jpg\" alt=\"The personal may become political\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">The personal may become political<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berg-maarten\/\">Maarten van den Berg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t27 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn a contemporary variation on the 1970s slogan &#8216;the personal is political&#8217;, young people today employ social media to connect with others, build social lives and &#8211; at times &#8211; set out to partake in political action.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/digital-alter-natives\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/articles\/digital-alter-natives\/168140-2-eng-gb\/digital-alter-natives_column.jpg\" alt=\"Digital (Alter)Natives\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/digital-alter-natives\/\">Digital (Alter)Natives<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berg-maarten\/\">Maarten van den Berg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 19, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t\u2018Digital (Alter)Natives with a cause?\u2019 is a collection of four books with essays published by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, and the Dutch NGO Hivos. The books come in a beautifully designed cassette and are accompanied b&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/digital-alter-natives\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/166777-3-eng-gb\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action_column.jpg\" alt=\"The changing face of citizen action\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/\">The changing face of citizen action<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berg-maarten\/\">Maarten van den Berg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tComing up next week in The Hague, The Netherlands: a conference on the changing face of citizen action.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/breivik-and-the-gramscian-legacy\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/breivik-and-the-gramscian-legacy\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations\/152565-2-eng-gb\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations_column.jpg\" alt=\"Hearts and minds for ACP-EU relations\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations\/\">Hearts and minds for ACP-EU relations<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berg-maarten\/\">Maarten van den Berg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tNeither within the EU nor within ACP countries, the ACP-EU partnership is something that lives in the hearts and minds of citizens.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/welcome-to-the-social-change-blog\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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We have just launched a new website and published the 25th&nbsp;issue of our magazine.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/welcome-to-the-social-change-blog\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/emerged-powers-in-the-21st-century\/china-s-foreign-policy-dilemmas\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/emerged-powers-in-the-21st-century\/china-s-foreign-policy-dilemmas\/131427-2-eng-gb\/china-s-foreign-policy-dilemmas_column.jpg\" alt=\"China\u2019s foreign policy dilemmas\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/emerged-powers-in-the-21st-century\/china-s-foreign-policy-dilemmas\/\">China\u2019s foreign policy dilemmas<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berg-maarten\/\">Maarten van den Berg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOn Monday 18 April, a crowd of 120 or so gathered in the hall of the Free University in Amsterdam for a lecture by Shi Yinhong, professor of international relations at Renmin University of China. 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