Essays about: "Obama"

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1. 11. Introducing degrowth to socio-environmental movements in the United States: A case study of the Sunrise Movement and Democratic Socialists of America

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Amanda Schockling; [2021]
   Keywords : climate change; social movements; Green New Deal; politics; democratic socialism; framing theory; USA; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In a country with a large historical and current share of emissions, recent climate inaction and political upheaval have disallowed substantial social-environmental reforms from being endorsed. This thesis critically examines the current cycle of contention in the United States by classifying the Sunrise Movement and the Democratic Socialists of America as social movement organizations through the lens of social movement theory with a goal to identify successes and understand how the movement could increase the viability of democratic socialism in America and make governmental climate action inevitable. READ MORE

3. 12. Cognitive Idiosyncrasies in USA’s Foreign Policy Decision-Making: : A Comparison of Obama’s and Trump’s Foreign Policy Decision Making Processes Regarding the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Dennis Munetsi; [2021]
   Keywords : Decision-making; Foreign policy; Cognitive Idiosyncrasies; Individual Behaviors;

   Abstract : Decisions made by individuals representing states do not only impact citizens living within the state’s political jurisdiction, but also those from other political jurisdictions. The U.S. READ MORE

4. 13. The imitation game : An analysis of Russian and Anglo-Saxon strategic narratives in connection to military intervention abroad

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Frida Granath; [2021]
   Keywords : imitation theory; strategic narratives; soft power; military intervention; the United States; the United Kingdom; Russia; Libya; Syria;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the similarities and differences between Russian and Anglo-Saxon strategic narratives in relation to the interventions in Syria 2015 and Libya 2011. The aim is to investigate the imitation theory further as it has been described by Krastev and Holmes (2019) and if it is possible to claim that the Russian regime has used imitated strategic narratives from the United States and the United Kingdom as a soft power tool in the Syrian intervention. READ MORE

5. 14. US Foreign Policy : The rhetorical shift regarding foreign policy from the Obama to the Trump administration

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Erik Ehleben; [2021]
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   Abstract : The United States of America is one of the most important actors in the international sphere. Therefore, it’s foreign policy plays an important role for international institutions such as NATO or the UN. This paper analyses the shift between the Obama and Trump administration. READ MORE

6. 15. Making EPA Great Again? A Study of how the Politicization of Climate Change Affected the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Obama and Trump administrations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Carl Cotton; [2021]
   Keywords : Politicization; Climate Change; Environmental Protection Agency; Principal-Agent Theory; Presidential Administrations; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The politicization of scientific facts, such as climate change, is a highly debated phenomenon in the US. It is well established that climate change is both real, and human-caused. Still, significant parts of the American political community refuse to adhere to this scientific fact. READ MORE