Browsing Nord-Amerikakunnskap by Title
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(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 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
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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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(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), ...
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(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.
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
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(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. ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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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, 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 ...