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  1. The U.S. Involvement in Somalia in the post-Cold War Years: An Illustration of the Tension Between Interests and Principles in American Foreign Policy (2013) Masteroppgave
    Wennesland, Bjørg Marie Eide (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk)
    Thomas M. Magstadt asserts that one of the hallmarks of American foreign policy is the constant tension between power and principles. In this thesis, ‘interests’ replace the term ‘po...
  2. Campaign, Interrupted (2012) Masteroppgave
    Ekdahl, Ingeborg Fauske (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) This thesis analyzes the campaign rhetoric of John McCain and Barack Obama in the context of Lynn Vavreck's theory of clarifying and insurgent campaigns, and finds that the onset of the financial cris...
  3. "To Boldly Go" versus "Last, Best Hope" (2012) Masteroppgave
    Glasø, Alexander (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) "'To Boldly Go" versus "Last, Best Hope'" examines a total of four American television series from the Star Trek and Babylon 5 franchises, and the portrayal of human civilization in the future. The th...
  4. NATO in a Multipolar World (2012) Masteroppgave
    Hjellet, Ina (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk)
    Oppgaven analyserer amerikansk utenrikspolitisks diskurs med tanke på utfordringer knyttet til NATO. Selv om NATO i utgangspunktet er ansett som en vellykket allianse har den, særlig siden slutten av ...
  5. Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War (2012) Masteroppgave
    Steen, Thomas (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) From the end of World War II and for decades to follow, the world was in the grip of the Cold War. With the United States and the Soviet Union vying for global domination, the two super powers built h...
  6. Becoming American (2012) Masteroppgave
    Ilstad, Dominika (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) I nineteenth- and early twentieth-century religious prescriptions had important implications for the position of women in Jewish communities. Generally, it was recognized that, through their childr...
  7. From Fatherhood to Bachelorhood (2012) Masteroppgave
    Larsen, Frank Alexander (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) This thesis investigates discourses on masculinity in the 1950s’ U.S. against Elaine Tyler May’s postulation that in the postwar years a policy of domestic containment ensured that white, ...
  8. Permanent Offense (2012) Masteroppgave
    Rønnestad, Francis Michael (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk)
    Denne oppgaven er om det konservative amerikanske magasinet "The Weekly Standard" i årene 1995-2005. Den ser på dekningen av utenrikspolitikk, med fokust på militære intervensjoner, Irak, Afghanistan ...
  9. The True Nature of the Tea Party Movement (2012) Masteroppgave
    Røed, Kirsti Teige (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) This thesis will examine and explain the background and structure of the Tea Party Movement and discuss whether the Tea Party Movement is a party or a movement. Does it constitute a superficial change...
  10. Frontiers in the American Mind (2012) Masteroppgave
    Richoux, Matti Johansen (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk)
    Tendensen til å lese politiske og sosiale spørsmål i USA igjennom myten om grenselandskapet har lenge vært et kontroversielt tema i Amerikansk historiografi. Selv om nasjonalmyten i USA har mottatt st...
  11. The Portrayal of White Organized Racists Characters on Television (2012) Masteroppgave
    Halvorsen, Gina B (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) The purpose of this thesis is to look at how white organized racist characters are portrayed on television by taking a closer look at the white organized racist characters portrayed in Oz, Sons of Ana...
  12. Calling off the Dogs: Harry Truman and the China White Paper (2012) Masteroppgave
    Berg, Danaca Sarah (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk)
  13. The Rush Effect: An Analysis of Political Entertainer Rush Limbaugh (2012) Masteroppgave
    Megaard, Helene (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been America’s most listened to radio personality for the past twenty years. In spite of numerous scandals, Limbaugh’s ratings remain between ...
  14. President William J. Clinton and the use of Executive Orders in Foreign Affairs (2012) Masteroppgave
    Sætrevik, Karoline (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) The issuance of executive orders is one out of several tools that presidents have at their disposal, which they can apply in order to implement policies and more controversially to expand their powers...
  15. From the Fifties to the Nineties: Two Generations of Counter-Cultural Protests in American Literature (2012) Masteroppgave
    Ellis, Henrik Færden (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) This thesis is a comparative analysis of four counter-cultural novels, as well as a comparison between the counter-culture in the 1950’s and the 1990’s. In my thesis I have analyzed why an...
  16. Paradise Lost: American Myths in Jim Jarmusch's Stranger than Paradise, Dead Man, and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (2011) Masteroppgave
    Våge, Tormod (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) Although Jim Jarmusch is one of the most important and critically acclaimed American filmmakers of the past decades, his work has largely been ignored by scholars. Consequently, my analysis of Strange...
  17. The 2008 presidential election (2011) Masteroppgave
    Graff, Elisabeth Henriette Bøe (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) This study examines the 2008 presidential election in the context of critical elections, applying V. O. Key's definitions. The primary sources are newspapers and magazines acquired in the United State...
  18. "From sod house to lefse house" (2011) Masteroppgave
    Borgenheim, Kristin (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) This thesis investigates the formation and reformulation of a distinct Norwegian-Canadian identity in western Canada. It argues that Norwegian immigrants to Canada in the beginning of the twentieth ce...
  19. A Study of Three Norwegian American Newspapers in Northwestern (2011) Masteroppgave
    Grepperud, Peter Johan Altena (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) This thesis focuses on the political experience of Norwegian Americans in northwestern Minnesota between 1890 and 1894. More specifically, it explores the relative importance of ethnic identity in the...
  20. U.S. Policy Debates Concerning the Absentee Voting Rights of Uniformed and Overseas Citizens, 1942-2011 (2011) Masteroppgave
    Schønheyder, Caroline Therese (Litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk) The topic of this thesis is the history of public debates concerning U.S. policy towards the absentee voting rights of the groups now covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act...
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