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To See and Be Seen: Self-(Re)Presentation and the Construction of Female Empowerment on Instagram 
Matschke, Lea Lucy Marie (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis explores how ideas of female empowerment are portrayed on social media by specifically examining the self-representation on the Instagram accounts of Kylie Jenner and Ashley Graham. The thesis takes into ...
Bernie Sanders and the Socialist Vision for America 
Hannestad, Erlend (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Sex Education and "Traditional” Family Values: The Impact of Abstinence-Only Sex Education on Women’s Health and Sexuality Restricted Access
Verrecchia, Oceane Louise Pascaline (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
In the United States, sex education teachings can be split into two main categories: comprehensive sex education and abstinence-only sex education. The thesis will look at abstinence-only sex education, which presents ...
Popular Liberalism and Populist Reaction: Lessons from History in an Era of Resentment 
Johannessen, Christoffer (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The End of Engagement: US Foreign Policy Towards China, From Obama Through Trump 
Hoem, Truls Bjerke (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
This thesis explores what the US foreign policy of the Obama administrations and the Trump administration towards the People’s Republic of China has consisted of and discusses what the intention behind the administrations’ ...
Identity Politics in Recent American Presidential Elections: Its Underlying Reasons and Unintended Consequences 
Bekkhus, Ingunn Parker (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The American Presidential Election and its debates are exciting to watch. However, one could claim that they also contribute largely to the continued polarisation of the USA and its citizens. After the 2016 election, both ...
Divided America: Making Sense of the Polarization of Contemporary U.S. Politics - A View at the Effects of Polarization on the Functioning of the U.S. Political System 
Berg, Kristian Korslien (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
NATO and the Ukraine Crisis: Soft Power Meets Geopolitics Restricted Access
Krawczynska, Marta Anna (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Intersectionality in Fox Network's Empire: Affirming how and why Jamal Lyon Provides Rare Representational Value Restricted Access
Reierstad, Remi Nicolai (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The world of Film and TV has consistently and historically misrepresented, restricted or ridiculed on-screen gayness, especially when that gayness has intersected blackness. This thesis presents the Lee Daniels created TV ...
Protecting Human Health and the Environment in the Age of Ignorance 
Aaberge, Katinka (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The U.S. political framework of environmental institutions, policies, and regulations has been labelled the American Green State. Developed throughout the last five decades, the Green State has considerably contributed to ...
History Lessons: Multiculturalism and the Teaching of Slavery in the United States 
Lomidze, Tamar (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Placating a Pavement: How Wall Street Translated Economic Power into Political Power in the 1990s 
Eggestad, Christine Berg (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
This Master’s thesis explores the question of how Wall Street, as a special interest group in American political life, was able to translate economic power into political power in the 1990s. The theoretical basis of the ...
Between Identities: Liminal Lesbian Spaces in American Literature and Culture of the 1950s 
Krokos, Monika (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This thesis explores the liminal lesbian spaces established within heteronormative American society in the 1950s, both in the historical and literary context. It examines the spaces of suburban homes, sorority houses, ...
Making Sense of Disaster: Exploring Environmental and Social Collapse in True Detective 
Heien, Greta Karoline (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The Home Identity Idea: How Good Homes Can Urge People to Make Environmentally Friendly Choices Restricted Access
Paulsen, Karoline (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This thesis is a discussion on how we identify with the place we live and how we can make good places to live now and in the future. The idea is that if we feel at home in and identify with the place we live, we want to ...
"Deviant Femininity:" Exploring Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Robyn Rihanna Fenty`s Musical Works and Personal Life Restricted Access
Kvithyll, Susanne Moum (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Hillary Clinton Framed - Gender Stereotypes in the Media Coverage of the 2016 United States Presidential Election 
Mjønerud, Ingunn (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This thesis empirically examines the manner in which gender shaped the media coverage of the 2016 United States Presidential Election through the news frames that were employed to discuss Hillary Rodham Clinton and her ...
Challenging Social Class In American Political Discourse: Bernie Sanders, Occupy Wall Street, and the New Discourse of Inequality 
Hoel, Nora Stranden (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
This thesis examines how the dominant ideas about social class in American political discourse have been challenged by the rhetoric of the Bernie Sanders campaign in the 2016 presidential primary election. Through critical ...
A discussion of the Aftereffects of the Civil Rights Movement: Eight Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Story Restricted Access
Bryn, Askild (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
This thesis is looking at some of the aftereffects of the Civil Rights Movement through the experiences of 8 civil rights activists. They were all active at the time and the movement shaped their lives both personally and ...
A Divided Court? A study of the United States Supreme Court and political polarization 
Erikstad, Anders Røneid (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
The Experience of Wilderness: An Ecocritical Exploration of the Writings of Bob Marshall Restricted Access
Sønsteby, Håvard Nesthun (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
This thesis is an exploration of a selection of the writings of Robert 'Bob' Marshall. Looking at Marshall's writing through the lens of ecocriticism, this thesis look at first how Marshall documented his own experience ...
America and the Academic War Against Her -The consequences of viewing America's fight against Terrorism through the lenses of cultural relativism and Marxist history Restricted Access
Potter, Jens-Christopher (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
American Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy: American foreign aid to Afghanistan in relation to American foreign policy, foreign policy traditions, and American interests 
Rylander, Anders Nandrup (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
The presented Masters Thesis seeks do develop a better understanding of the relationship between American foreign aid, American foreign policy traditions, American foreign policy towards Afghanistan for the years 2007-2012, ...
Does method matter in congressional redistricting? Can U. S. House election results to a significant degree be predicted by the states choice of redistricting method? 
Brunvoll, Atle (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
In most states, the decennial redistricting is done through a legislative process. This means that lawmakers decide on how electoral districts are formed. This also means that the lawmakers get to choose or reject their ...
Understanding the American Use of Private Military Contractors 
Lindahl, Jørgen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
This thesis discusses the political and democratic consequences of the use of private military contractors by the U.S. government. The discussion is divided into three separate parts: The presidency, the executive branch ...
Framing 9/11: Comfort from Trauma 
Strømsheim, Liv Berit Døvre (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Middle Class Economics? Restoring the American Dream in a Corporate Age 
Stormo, Andreas (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
The Financial Crisis of 2008 and the ensuing recession created much ambivalence about free market economics as a viable way to achieve sustainable economic growth in the United States. Despite a robust recovery the downward ...
THE SHALE SOLUTION -How the Economic Growth Shale Gas Production in Pennsylvania has Contributed to can be Maintained, Even After the Gas is Depleted. Restricted Access
Akselsen, Anniken Berg (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The emergence of hydrocarbon energy extracted from shale has been nicknamed the Shale Gas Revolution , due to its implications for the American society, geo-politics and economy. This thesis will explain how the economic ...
Forestillinger om Niagara Falls: Hvordan Amerikansk Kultur har Påvirket Stedsidentiteter av Niagara Falls, 1850 - 1955 Restricted Access
Traneid, Siri Johnsrød (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Geografisk framstilling har lenge vært et viktig aspekt av nord-amerikansk kultur. Siden oppdagelsen av Amerika har allmennheten fått den nye verden presentert på flere måter; først gjennom beskrivelser og illustrasjoner ...
Protester og Maktens Korridorer: Hvordan Amerikansk Realisme Ignorerer Potensialet til Folkebevegelser til å Negativt Påvirke USA's Stilling i Verden 
Goffeng, Espen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Denne tesen hevder at folkebevegelser er ignorert som en potneisll kraft i internasjonal realisme-teori. Denne teorien gir derfor ingen varsler om slike bevegelser og deres potensielle effekter. Debatten om USA er et land ...
Thomas Jefferson and the Culture Wars of Religion: How the Sage of Monticello Became the Hero of Conservatives and Liberals Alike in the Battle over Religion in America 
Sindre, Ola (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Non-Alien Enemies: Treatment of the Japanese-American Internment during World War II in State U.S. History Standards 
Heen, Oddvar Holmefjord (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The Japanese-American Internment refers to the involuntary incarceration of approximately 120,000 alien-born Issei (first generation born in Japan,) and citizen Nisei (second generation, U.S.-born naturalized citizens of ...
Domesticating the Arctic: A Discourse Analysis of Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy Restricted Access
Aaser, Agnes Viktoria (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This thesis investigates how the concept the Arctic is utilized in a Canadian Arctic foreign policy context today. The thesis main argument is that the Canadian government discursively represents the Arctic as a ...
Hollingsworth v. Perry : Same-Sex Marriage, the Courts, and Social Reform 
Flatmo, Endre Isachsen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The history of same-sex marriage litigation has often been a story of courts making decisions in opposition to public opinion, which as a result has created powerful political backlash. George N. Rosenberg has argued that ...
The Republican Narrative and American Political Culture: Wendell Berry, Christopher Lasch and the Great American Cultural Conversation 
Sneltvedt, Ole (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
In this thesis I look at how the revitalization of the republican intellectual tradition since the late 1960´s, and its narrative of the free, political and civil life in the well-ordered republic, enter into American ...
Fùtbol and Piłka Nożna: The Role of Soccer in Contemporary Mexican-American and Polish-American Ethnicity in Chicago. 
Kjeldstad, Asgeir (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This thesis examines how soccer functions as part of the construction of contemporary Mexican-American and Polish-American ethnicity in Chicago. It does this by addressing three related sub-topics. First, it explores how ...
Imagining Cascadia: Bioregionalism as Environmental Culture in the Pacific Northwest 
Aarsand, Ingeborg Husbyn (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis discusses the usefulness of the concept of bioregionalism as a social and cultural environmental practice, and as a response to the environmental crisis of our time. The thesis addresses an important issue in ...
From Community to Commodity: Management and the Transformation of American Professionalism. Restricted Access
Holmen, Thomas (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Management is the product of American culture and an American product. By management I do not refer to specific individuals or groups in charge of supervision or administration, nor to the act of coping with or handling ...
Assimilation and Hip-Hop : Interethnic Relations and the Americanization of New Immigrants in Hip-Hop Culture 
Aahlin, Audun Kjus (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The conflict thesis and the segmented assimilation theory account for two of the most significant trends in American immigration and ethnicity studies. Both of these major theoretical styles are utterly pessimistic towards ...
From an Invisible Line to a Wall : Changing U.S. Border Enforcement Policies Toward the U.S.-Mexico Border 
Smedsland, Miriam Gislefoss (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis explores the different perspectives that the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations have had towards illegal immigration and border enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border. Subsequently, it also explores what ...
The Stereotyping of Muslims : An Analysis of The New York Times’ and The Washington Times’ Coverage of Veiling and the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 
Schønemann, Julie (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis investigates the stereotypical portrayal of Muslims in the American media. More specifically, it explores the relative importance of stereotype theory, prejudice theory and the stereotype content model in the ...
Three Times "Geronimo!" : The Evolution of a Frontier Symbol 
Stensli, Øyvind Gilleberg (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Denne oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i tesen om at filmer er dypt forankret i det samfunn og den kultur som produserer dem. Oppgaven analyserer endringer i Hollywoodfremstillinger av Apacheindianeren Geronimo for å argumentere ...
Conservative Money : How the GOP Benefited From the Post-FECA Campaign Finance Environment 
Kristoffersen, Matilde Nordli (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The purpose of this thesis is to provide an answer to the following research question: why and how did the Republican Party benefit from the increased flow of money outside traditional party structures which resulted from ...
The Evangelical Abstinence Movement and Adolescent Sexuality in the U.S. Restricted Access
Fjelland, Louise Nordli (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
In the intersection between politics, religion and the private sphere of young Americans, this thesis explores the impact of the contemporary evangelical Abstinence movement. The Abstinence movement is a reaction to what ...
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 
Wennesland, Bjørg Marie Eide (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
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 ‘power’ with the purpose of illustrating ...
“How are Pregnant Prisoners and Their Babies Treated in the American Correctional System?” : An in-depth look at Prison Nurseries and Community-Based Residential Parenting Programs, Parental Rights and Health Care 
Melhus, Line (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The United States of America has one of the largest female prison populations in the world. American society has, since the 1980s, locked up more women than ever before due to harsher penalties for non-violent drug offenses. ...
Are Norwegian Americans Born with Skis : Exploring the role of skiing in Norwegian American ethnic identity in the 1930s through the skiing adventures of Sigmund and Birger Ruud 
Helgerud, Kristoffer Moen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
One of the leading scholars on Norwegian American ethnic identity, Odd S. Lovoll, has argued that ski jumping was an "ethnic forte" for Norwegian immigrants in the U.S. This thesis tests and interprets Lovoll's statement ...
Satire as the Fifth Estate: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report as News Source and Media Critique During the 2012 Presidential Election. 
Jønnum, Mia Brunelle (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
During the years of the George W. Bush administration, political satire had a renaissance in the United States. In 2004, a national Annenberg Election Study claimed that viewers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart were ...
Queering the Norm : A Look at the Portrayal of Gay Parents in Restricted Access
Roald, Silje Eirin (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The main concern in this thesis is the portrayal of gay parents in American media with a particular focus on the television shows The L Word and Modern Family. Looking at how the lesbian and gay male parents are portrayed ...
From the Fifties to the Nineties: Two Generations of Counter-Cultural Protests in American Literature 
Ellis, Henrik Færden (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 and how the main character in each ...
Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War Restricted Access
Steen, Thomas (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 huge arsenals of nuclear ...
Campaign, Interrupted : The 2008 Presidential Elections and The Financial Crisis 
Ekdahl, Ingeborg Fauske (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 crisis constrained the ...
The Portrayal of White Organized Racists Characters on Television : How White Organized Racist Characters are Portrayed in Oz, Sons of Anarchy, and Justified 
Halvorsen, Gina B (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 Anarchy and Justified. ...
"To Boldly Go" versus "Last, Best Hope" : The Future of Human Civilization as Depicted in American Science Fiction 
Glasø, Alexander (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
"'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 thesis traces how Star ...
Permanent Offense : The Weekly Standard Magazine and U.S. Foreign Policy 1995-2005 
Rønnestad, Francis Michael (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 og terrorisme.
From Fatherhood to Bachelorhood : An Analysis of Masculinities in the 1950s U.S. through Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers... 
Larsen, Frank Alexander (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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, middle-class Americans focused ...
President William J. Clinton and the use of Executive Orders in Foreign Affairs 
Sætrevik, Karoline (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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. Throughout the ...
Frontiers in the American Mind : How Ideas about the Past, the Present and the Future in America are Dominated by Hollywood Frontier Narratives 
Richoux, Matti Johansen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 sterk kritikk fra ...
Becoming American : Gender Identities and Cultural Assimilation of Jewish Women in the United States Restricted Access
Ilstad, Dominika (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 children, women molded the ...
The True Nature of the Tea Party Movement 
Røed, Kirsti Teige (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 or has there, as some ...
The Rush Effect: An Analysis of Political Entertainer Rush Limbaugh 
Megaard, Helene (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 15 and 20 million. Limbaugh is a ...
A Kind Word and a Gun : Counterinsurgency in Three Provinces on the Border of Afghanistan and Pakistan 
Pålshaugen, Thomas Kristiansen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
This thesis examines how the American counterinsurgency effort is developing in three provinces of northeastern Afghanistan: Kunar, Nangarhar and Nuristan. Also, it examines what features of the relationship between Pakistan ...
Calling off the Dogs: Harry Truman and the China White Paper Restricted Access
Berg, Danaca Sarah (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
NATO in a Multipolar World : U.S. Foreign Policy Discourse and the Future of NATO 
Hjellet, Ina (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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 den kalde krigen, vært ...
A Study of Three Norwegian American Newspapers in Northwestern : MinnesotaEthnic Identity and the Motivations behind Political Debate 1890 -1894 
Grepperud, Peter Johan Altena (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
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 public political ...
U.S. Policy Debates Concerning the Absentee Voting Rights of Uniformed and Overseas Citizens, 1942-2011 
Schønheyder, Caroline Therese (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
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 (UOCAVA). More ...
"From sod house to lefse house" : immigration, ethnicity, and the formation and reformulation of the Norwegian-Canadian identity in Western Canada 
Borgenheim, Kristin (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
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 century adapted to ...
Persia lost : how the foreign policy hawks of the George W. Bush administration blocked rapprochement with Iran 
Fagernes, Therese (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The presidency of George W. Bush was a period of controversy. The foreign policy that the administration implemented would be criticized both inside of the United States and across the world. The purpose of this thesis is ...
The 2008 presidential election : in the context of critical elections 
Graff, Elisabeth Henriette Bøe (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
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 States the first week after ...
No child left behind : an evaluation of the law's impact on immigrants and refugees 
Tran, Alina (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Oppgaven analyserer konsekvensene utdanningsloven No Child Left Behind, vedtatt av Bush-regjeringen, har hatt for innvandrerbarn i USA.Hovedkapitlene evaluerer loven i forhold til lese- og matteferdigheter før og etter No ...
Paradise Lost: American Myths in Jim Jarmusch's Stranger than Paradise, Dead Man, and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 
Våge, Tormod (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
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 Stranger than Paradise (1984), ...
"Arab Americans and Segmented Assimilation: Looking Beyond the Theory to the Reality in the Detroit Metro Area" 
Weaver, Kristin (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis aims to apply Segmented Assimilation Theory to the Arab-American community in Metropolitan Detroit. Segmented assimilation theory relates to second-generation immigrants, and proposes three possible ...
My heart is in Burlington : the U.S. socialist senator : a biographical analysis on Bernard "Bernie" Sanders and his road to the U.S. Senate 2006 
Schjønberg, Inger-Marie (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis will survey the reasons for the lack of a leftist or social-democratic party in America. I will make an attempt to show that although weak there is a left tradition in the U.S. It is in this context that Senator ...
Green Growth and the Modern Economy : Developing an Ecologically Prudent Economic Growth within the Modern Economic System 
Tveiten-Grotbæk, Ellen Elisabeth (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Oppgaven tar for seg muligheter og begrensninger for å oppnå grønn økonmisk vekst innenfor det moderne økonomiske systemet. Oppgaven innebefatter også en case study fra Iowa hvor den ser på hvordan den fornybare energi ...
Agricultural policies and the farm security and rural investment act of 2002 
Johnsen, Tor Erik (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Analyserer amerikansk landbrukspolitikk fra 1800 til 2002. Landbrukslovgivningen i 1996 satte amerikansk landbrukspolitikk i retning av et fritt marked, men denne politikken ble reversert av landbrukslovginingen i 2002. ...
Presidential Decision Making in the Clinton Administrations' Foreign Policy: An Ad Hoc or Coherent Approach? : What factors motivated President Clinton to respond militarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995 and in Serbia in 1999 
Måseidvåg, Helge Inge (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
"Not just boys' fun?" : the gendered experience of American hardcore 
Brockmeier, Siri C. (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The goal of this thesis is to shed light on a part of the story of American hardcore, a part that in my view has not been given the space it deserves. Women in punk and hardcore do not own a place in the history of their ...
A free press in a free society? : American post-Vietnam military public-affairs strategies and their influence on press coverage 
Kirkemo, Camilla (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.” The First Amendment made ...
Developments in the Supreme Court nomination process : from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush 
Solheim, Knut Strandskogen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
When Richard Nixon became president in 1969, he had laid out a conservative agenda for shaping the federal courts. He criticized the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, for its activism on behalf of the rights ...
The combat film : the death and rebirth of an American film tradition 
Greve, Henrik Havdal (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Abstract This thesis analyzes how four popular combat films produced by Hollywood portray and interprets important events in American history. The films exemplify how American cinema has varied in its portrayal of the ...
Conflict and cooperation : divided and unified government during the George W. Bush presidency 
Iani, Raluca Mihaela (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This study aims at substantiating the hypothesis that there was no significant difference in the amount of important legislation enacted during unified or divided governments during the George W. Bush administration, but ...
From Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush: Presidential Policies and Involvement in the Debate over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1977-2009 
Eriksen, Gisle Holsbø (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), located in the Northeastern corner of Alaska, has for the last three decades been the focus of one of the most contentious land-use conflicts in the United States. As a result ...
Happy presidents : an analysis of how American presidents have communicated to the people making use of the available media channels of their era - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama as successful communicators 
Fjeldvik, Cecilie Walther (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The thesis looks at the strategies American presidents have used to communicate with the public in relation to the available media channels. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama are used as examples of ...
The transnational trend in Hollywood : popular cinema's new transnational aesthetic 
Sunde, Ingvild Marie Lien (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
From the post-9/11 period up till today we have seen a number of films with a transnational theme and content emerging from Hollywood’s major studios. The growing number of films, containing traces of transnationality and ...
The night of the hunter : noirish or film noir? 
Enge, Sigurd (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1955) has rarely been considered a film noir. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether the film has any noirish qualities. The Night of the Hunter lacks most noir ...
The power of definition : how the Bush administration created "Enemy combatants" and redefined presidential power and torture 
Aspaas, Lars Erik (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This thesis aims to show the significance the power to define may have. It analyzes the policy process and policy outcomes regarding the status, treatment and form of trial given to the “enemy combatants” during the George ...
From excitement to burnout in 80 years : the Americanization of Europe (1919-1999) 
Thommesen, Kjartan (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis sets out to explore how Americanization of Europe has developed through the last century. How it has been an official goal of the United States to render Europe, making it more alike the United States, and how ...
The George W. Bush administration and the news media : the unfolding of a turbulent relationship 
Satara, Maja (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
In the post-9/11 atmosphere, a number of things changed in American society, including the relationship between the presidential administration and the news media. The Bush administration openly stated that it did not ...
The implementation of affirmative action in higher education in the context of American liberal tradition and equal individual rights 
Dong, Jingyi (Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2008)
Abstract This thesis analyzes the implementation of affirmative action in higher education with African Americans as its beneficiaries. The thesis has briefly presented the arguments both pro and counter affirmative action ...
Sublimated frontier : an exploration of the relationship between modernity and past versions of the nature/culture dichotomy in American history 
Elliott, Wade Landon (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis is concerned with exploring shifts in the relationship of American culture to nature produced by the rise of modernity. In the 1890s Frederick Jackson Turner proposed that, though officially closed, the ...
Reviewing Margaret Atwood : gendered criticism in American book reviews 
Bjerke, Silje (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
In this thesis I look at the critical reception of five of Margaret Atwood’s works. I consider reviews from large American newspapers and magazines, and my aim is to see whether Atwood’s gender influences the reception of ...
The Changing face of the nation : post -1965 immigration and assimilation theory Restricted Access
Ruud, Silje Ingrid (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The objective of the thesis was to explore and interpret the theories of the new assimilation canon and the assimilation processes of non-white immigrants, and then primarily the Asian immigrants who arrived after the ...
Corporate social responsibility : how does this idea play out in reality behind Nike`s logo? : a case study of the potential and shortcomings of corporate social responsibility as an idea 
Voje, Hanne (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Oppgaven min er en case study om bedrifters samfunnsansvar. Jeg forsket på hvorvidt Nike har forandret sin oppførsel til det bedre i tråd med sine standarder for sosialt samfunnsansvar. Formålet med oppgaven min var å finne ...
Perspectives on the defense of nature : environmental coalition building in Alaska 
Johannessen, Guro Stenvoll (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The debated “new environmentalism” seeks to incorporate social and cultural dimensions in a movement criticized for its narrow scientific and aesthetic focus. A fundamental presupposition for this approach is that environmental ...
I carried my sorrow songs : the expression of dissent and social protest in the blues and hip hop 
Hansen, Jeanette (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 ...
Elections for peace : an analysis of Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center’s election mediation in the 1990 Nicaraguan and 2006 Palestinian elections 
Evensen, Magnus Garder (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 ...
The infamous red pen : presidential signing statements as a new line-item veto 
Nylund, Katrine Hatlen (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 ...
Freedom : ideal and political tool : what position does freedom have in American society and how does the Bush administration use the concept? 
Haug, Ingunn (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 ...
Clinton alters New Deal legacy? : a critical evaluation of the consequences of the demise of Clinton s Health Care Act of 1994. 
Maridal, Anna Kristine (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 ...
Scarface : the gangster as tragic hero? 
Lindal, Harald (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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