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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)From 1932-1968 the so-called New Deal Coalition delivered the White House to the Democratic Party in presidential elections. The two Eisenhower elections in 1952 and 1956 were seen as deviating elections, which due to ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)This thesis tests Niall Ferguson's idea of the United States as a potential liberal empire as a possible mandate for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Through using Ferguson's hypothesis as a mandate, the thesis touches on crucial ...
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Faith and feminism : evangelicalism, feminism, and the culture wars in the USA, 1970s to the present (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)Given the influence of the evangelical population in American society and politics, understanding the forces that have shaped the evangelical movement is vital to enriching our knowledge of American politics and culture. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)A group of teenagers use a privately owned shopping centre to gather support for a petition to the United Nations. A guard informs them that the owner of the property does not allow any public communications other than ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)This thesis analyzes a very controversial issue in American law, the right to privacy. Even though the U. S. Constitution does not explicitly mention a right to privacy, the Supreme Court has held that it contains such a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)The thesis investigates the relationship between international education and international politics. This task is carried out by conducting a survey of the influences of American foreign policy on the United States' ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)In this thesis I have looked at how and why characters and gender roles in “women’s films” develop and change over time. I have concentrated on three historical periods which have had a strong impact on both the United ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)The United States is going through a major change with the growing influx of non-whites. As of October 2006, at least four states California, Texas, New Mexico, and Hawaii (and also the District of Colombia) are deemed ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)On November 4, 1979, Iranian revolutionaries seized the American embassy in Tehran and took hostage 66 American diplomats and citizens. In the midst of the massive national celebration sparked by the eventual release of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This thesis concentrates on a specific aspect of the Euro-American relationship, namely American responses to European regionalism. Furthermore, the intent here is to perform a historical and theoretical analysis of two ...
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Male imitations : a look at gender performance and the representation of masculinity in The O.C.Begrenset tilgang (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This thesis examines teen soap The O.C. s representation of gender and masculinity. The study employs a social constructivist view of gender, particularly inspired by Judith Butler s work. Moreover, theories on masculinity, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)The American 1950s have long been regarded as perhaps the most conformist decade of the 20th century. The leading female ideology was filled with mixed messages about what women should and should not do, and what they could ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)The thesis seeks to accomplish two things. First and foremost, it is an inquiry into the reasons for the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq that takes into account multiple dimensions of the decision-making process. This is ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Health care reform has been part of the political left s agenda since the New Deal. It was an important and highly visual policy area for the new activist state that emerged after Franklin D. Roosevelt s legislative ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Robert Warshow's essay "The Gangster as Tragic Hero" forms the background for this exploration of the two movies Scarface; the Shame of a Nation (1931) and its remake Scarface(1983)as American hero figures. Tony Camonte ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This thesis seeks to identify the general patterns of censorship of popular music in the United States from the 1950s until today. It looks at who the censors tend to be, and the methods used in order to silence artistic ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)In using presidential signing statements strategically, President George W. Bush attempts to turn an otherwise symbolic gesture into a line-item veto prerogative. With this hypothesis as a starting point, this thesis ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)In the book Whose Freedom? The Battle over America s Most Important Idea, linguist and cognitive scientist George Lakoff argues that the conservatives in the United States are redefining freedom to mean their version of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Former US President Jimmy Carter has made it his goal to spread democracy and peace at a global scale. These goals are sought realized through the work of the Carter Center, and it is the purpose of this thesis to examine ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This thesis sets out to explore the expression of dissent and social protest in African American music, namely blues and hip hop. My argument is that African American music, and these two genres in particular, has been an ...