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Bakker, Felicia (2018)

The Arctic Policy of the United States 2001-2017: Old Wine in New Bottles?

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

This thesis examines the following research question: how did US Arctic policy concerning oil drilling change from 2001-2017 (Bush and Obama administration)? By researching this question, this thesis will examine how their policy discourses and actual policy strategies differed from each other. The thesis contains a comparative case studies between the Bush and Obama administrations, and gives an insight in the debate about (current) energy challenges and environmental issues. The theoretical framework is drawn from constructivist and discursive approaches, and consists of different elements which are subject to individual discourse analysis.

Arctic policy

US foreign policy

Obama

discourse analysis

Bush

Author

Bakker, Felicia

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International Studies

Supervisors

Regilme, S.S.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en