American mainstream media outlets often portray Muslim communities in the United States as a single homogenous entity whose members generally share the same experience. Yet, academic researchers often emphasize the high ...

This thesis is the result of historical and ethnographic research into the Southern Arizona Sanctuary movement of the 1980s, and its re-emergence in the same region at the turn of the 21st-century. It argues that, despite ...

This thesis attempts to trace the evolution of Disney heroines by navigating through discourses in movies, texts, and popular mass media. Much research has been concerned with the depiction of the female heroines in Disney ...

Guantanamo Bay detention center is still open in 2016, even though President Obama promised to close the facility within twelve months of his inauguration in 2009. This raises questions about Obama’s use of Presidential ...

The election of president Barrack Obama was the hope and change that echoed throughout his campaign and was supported by millions of white, African, Asian and Latino/a Americans. The election of the first African American ...

This thesis looks at the Americanization process of Japan and Okinawa from 1945 until now. It will answer the question how the process of Americanization expressed itself differently in Japan and Okinawa and how it contributed ...

The thesis researches the usage of issue trespassing in Barack Obama's 2008 campaign speeches.

This thesis exposes the influence of Henry Kissinger’s personality on the Yom Kippur War decision-making process. The research question that accompanies this is the following: “What was the influence of Kissinger’s personality ...

This thesis attempts to provide an analysis of the current trans-Atlantic relationship between the United States and Europe by examining the current state and issues faced by NATO. Using a theoretical framework comprised ...

This Master’s thesis provides an in-depth examination of the Republican Party by focusing on three aspects – the past, present, and future. The political realignment theory forms the theoretical framework as it is as a ...