Browsing Nord-Amerikakunnskap by Title
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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, 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 ...
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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, 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’ ...
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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, 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 ...
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The Experience of Wilderness: An Ecocritical Exploration of the Writings of Bob MarshallRestricted Access (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 ...