Pillarization is a term used to describe the way their dutch and belgians dealt with the multicultural societies. Society was divided in several smaller segments or pillars, which live separate from each other. Austrian and maltese societies were also examples of this phenomenon.

These pillars all have their own social institutions: their own churches, newspapers, broadcasting organizations, political parties, unions, schools, hospitals and sport clubs. In extreme cases, some corporations only hired personel, who member of a specific religious groups, or to be able to get a house, one had to member of specific political party. This lead to a situtation where many people didn't have contact with people with another religion. A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... Publieke Omroeps logo Publieke Omroep is the Dutch broadcasting company that is responsible for the Dutch TV Channels Nederland 1, Nederland 2 & Nederland 3. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... school, see School (disambiguation). ... A hospital today is an institution for professional health care provided by physicians and nurses. ...

Situation in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands there were (at least) three pillars: A protestant, a catholic and a socialist. Almost all catholics were part of the catholic pillar. Orthodox and conservative protestants joined the protestant pillar, while more latudinarian protestants and atheists eighter joined the socialist pillar or were pillarless. People in the socialist pillar were mainly working class. People who were not associated with one of these pillars, mainly middle and upperclass latudinarian protestants and atheists set up an own pillar: the general pillar. Ties between general organizations were much less strong. The political party associated with this pillar was the liberal VVD. This party opposed pillarization. Communists and ultra-orthodox protestants also set up similar organisations, these how ever were much smaller. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Orthodox Judaism. ... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

During the sixties these pillars broke down. Young people did not want to be associated with these organizations. Because of television and increased mobility many people saw that people from the other pillar weren't that different. Increased wealth and education made people independent of many of these institutions. In 2005 pillarization has disappeared but many remnants can be seen: public television for instance is divided over several pillarized organisations, instead of one organisation. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The following table shows the most important institutions per pillar:

After the second world war liberals and socialists, but also protestants and catholics began to doubt the pillarized system. They founded a unity movement the People's Movement. Progressives of all pillars were united in this. They wanted a breaktrough (doorbraak) of the political system. But pillarization was ingrained in dutch society, and could not be defeated so easily. Even the People's Movement suffered from this, it was associated with the socialistic party, SDAP, and its ideology was socialism combined with democratic principals. Only the left liberal VDB and the minor protestant CDU joined the SDAP to form a new political party: the Labourparty, Partij van de Arbeid. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Note: This entry discusses liberalism as a world wide ideology, not its manifestations in any specific country. ... The Anti-Revolutionaire Partij (Dutch for Anti Revolutionary Party) was the first Dutch political party. ... The Christian-Historical Union (CHU) was a dutch protestant-christian party. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) was a conservative Dutch political party started 22 December 1945. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Historical liberal parties | Netherlands political parties ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism —an ideology espousing liberty. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Historical liberal parties | Netherlands political parties ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism —an ideology espousing liberty. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD), literally Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy, is a free market liberal party in the Netherlands. ... The VPRO (originally an acronym for Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep, or free-thinking protestant radio broadcasting company, but since long the acronym has been kept but its meaning dropped) was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. ... Vara is an old Spanish and Portuguese unit of length. ... Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond (CNV, The National Federation of Christian Trade Unions in the Netherlands) is a federation of trade unions of the Netherlands. ... The Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV, Federated Netherlands Labour Movement) is the largest federation of trade unions in the Netherlands. ... The Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV, Federated Netherlands Labour Movement) is the largest federation of trade unions in the Netherlands. ... Trouw is a Dutch newspaper. ... De Volkskrant is a Dutch newspaper. ... NRC Handelsblad is a Dutch evening newspaper. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij, a Dutch political party that later merged into the Partij van de Arbeid Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei, a German political party that later merged into the Social Democratic Party of Germany Service Discovery Application Profile, a network protocol used in Bluetooth This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism —an ideology espousing liberty. ... This article needs cleanup. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ...

Situation in Belgium

The society of Belgium is also pillarized, in contrast to the Netherlands there wasn't a protestant pillar and the liberal pillar was organized better. In both Flanders and Wallonia societies are pillarized. In Flanders catholics are very strong, in Wallonia socialists are very strong. After the second world war the pillars split over the language issue. Now every language groups has got three pillars of its own. Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming), French: Flandre(s), flamand, German: Flandern, flämisch, Flame) has two main designations: a historical region, the County of Flanders, now in Belgium, France and the Netherlands an administrative region of Belgium: the Flemish Region and the Flemish Community. ... National motto: Walon todi ! (Walloon forever!) Official languages French, German Capital Namur Minister-President Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe Area  - Total 16,844 km² Population  - Total (2002)  - Density 3,358,560 inhabitants 199. ...

The following table shows the most important institutions per pillar: