Browsing Nord-Amerikakunnskap by Title
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(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, ...
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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, 2012)
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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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, 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 ...
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(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 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)In 1980s America, there was a strong push towards the far right politically, religiously, and culturally. As moral and Satanic panics swept the nation, conservative groups and activists flourished. One conservative endeavor ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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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, 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 ...
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"Deviant Femininity:" Exploring Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Robyn Rihanna Fenty`s Musical Works and Personal LifeRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
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A discussion of the Aftereffects of the Civil Rights Movement: Eight Civil Rights Activists Tell Their StoryRestricted Access (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 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
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(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 ...
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(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 ...