This thesis focusses on the role of Charles Sherrod, former member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and lifelong activist, in de Civil Rights Movement in southwest Georgia...Show moreThis thesis focusses on the role of Charles Sherrod, former member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and lifelong activist, in de Civil Rights Movement in southwest Georgia since the 1960's.Show less
The National Board for Historical Service played an important role during wartime America. Both in society and politics the NBHS historians helped the US government to gain support for the war effort.
An investigation into the viability of populist arguments in academia, by example of journalist William Greider. Are there arguments for including emotional arguments and opinions in political...Show moreAn investigation into the viability of populist arguments in academia, by example of journalist William Greider. Are there arguments for including emotional arguments and opinions in political debate, and if so, which? How do they hold?Show less
In this study the relation between the most recent failed nominations of the U.S. Supreme Court judges Clement Haynsworth, G. Harrold Carswell, Robert Bork and a changing image of the Supreme Court...Show moreIn this study the relation between the most recent failed nominations of the U.S. Supreme Court judges Clement Haynsworth, G. Harrold Carswell, Robert Bork and a changing image of the Supreme Court and its judges has been studied. Different factors such as a changing nomination procedure, a strong increase of political and media involvement in the most recent rejections and the changed public image of the Supreme Court and its judges in the American society show that there is a connection between the most recent failed nominations and a changed image of the Supreme Court and its judges. The rejections in particular show that political and public involvement in the nominations caused a decrease of the “neutral” and “mythical” image of the court and its judges, which lead to a less exclusive and more democratic position among the other politicial institutions.Show less
In this thesis I've done a research about the Chinese in The United States and the way that The New York Times wrote about them from their arrival (1850) until the Chinese Exclusion Act. Did the...Show moreIn this thesis I've done a research about the Chinese in The United States and the way that The New York Times wrote about them from their arrival (1850) until the Chinese Exclusion Act. Did the Times stay true to its own values of being an independent newspaper or did it give in to political influence or the wishes of the people, and what caused them to do so?Show less
In dit onderzoek wordt met behulp van begrippen als political culture, national identity en via een sociaal-psychologische invalshoek verklaard waarom de discussie over evolutie en creationisme in...Show moreIn dit onderzoek wordt met behulp van begrippen als political culture, national identity en via een sociaal-psychologische invalshoek verklaard waarom de discussie over evolutie en creationisme in het Amerikaanse onderwijs verregaande vormen aannam tussen 1960 en 1980. Het onderzoek is opgedeeld in drie verschillende lagen. In het eerste deel wordt de wetenschappelijke discussie uitgewerkt. De vraag is hoe en of (national) identity zich op wetenschappelijk niveau manifesteert, zoals dat duidelijk bij religieuze of nationalistische identities gebeurt.In het tweede deel wordt de vraag beantwoord welke rol political culture speelt in de controverse omtrent evolutie in het onderwijs. De zwaartepunten in deze analyse liggen in de jaren zestig en de jaren tachtig van de twintigste eeuw. Tot slot wordt in het derde en laatste deel de vraag beantwoord wie er nu eigenlijk beslist wat er op Amerikaanse scholen onderwezen wordt en hoe de controverse er in de praktijk uit ziet.Show less
