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1. 1. The United States and Israel : A study of attitude of the past five United State presidents toward Israel and the Middle East conflict

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Aida Sirmanshahi; [2020]
   Keywords : Israel; United States; Palestine; the Middle East; rational choice; peace agreements;

   Abstract : Throughout the past eighty years, the United States and Israel have had a close relationship. This study aims to understand and define patterns of behavior from presidents of the United States in their relation with Israel. READ MORE

3. 2. It’s a Man’s Weed : Mainstream Online News and Visibility During America’s New Marijuana Legalization Era

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Kasey Hariman; [2016]
   Keywords : feminism; celebrity studies; journalism studies; gender; critical discourse analysis; content analysis; cannabis; marijuana; news sources; The Seattle Times; Snoop; Bill Clinton; Barack Obama; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to shed some light on the emerging mainstream news discourses connected to marijuana’s legalization in parts of the United States by asking who is most involved in these discourses, what connections involvement may have to social status and social factors, most significantly gender, as well as what a few discursive themes in marijuana-related coverage might be, and what further research could be most needed. The literature review focused on critical theory, as well as feminist journalism studies, celebrity studies, and other research connected to emerging discourses, in an effort to approach a topic with limited prior social scientific research from a social scientific viewpoint. READ MORE

4. 3. After Power - How and under which circumstances post-presidential power is applied

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Helle Andresen Pettersson; Viktor Mårtensson; Jens Hansen; [2014]
   Keywords : Soft power; Post-presidential power; Clinton; Nixon; Blair; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The President of the United States of America wields executive power like few other heads of state, in being commander-in-chief of the sole military and economic superpower within the international system. Yet after presidency, that hard power dissipates and is instead replaced by the ability to project soft power. READ MORE

5. 4. A linguistic corpus-driven approach to American domestic politics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Michael Zetterholm; [2010]
   Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Using the modern cognitive linguistic framework of recorded corpora data, this essay attempts to investigate the political climate in American domestic politics as it is represented by media in the form of newspapers. By approaching the language usage of media in a linguistically holistic way I aim to elicit subtle attitudes towards ideologies present in news press articles. READ MORE