The War on Drugs emphasised the weak socioeconomic status of the African American population. The punitive laws and media rhetoric influenced all facets of their daily lives. In thesis, I focussed...Show moreThe War on Drugs emphasised the weak socioeconomic status of the African American population. The punitive laws and media rhetoric influenced all facets of their daily lives. In thesis, I focussed on the power and prestige and income and wealth factor of socioeconomic status. These variables helped position the relevance of the inequalities in American society. The historical and contemporary experiences have influenced the intergenerational disenfranchisement. The War on Drugs rhetoric of tough on crime affected the poverty, social exclusion, unemployment and stereotyping of the African American peoples.Show less
The thesis explores how and why the American Space Program underwent a rapid privatisation process in the 21st century. The broad goal of this research is to explain how has the space sector...Show moreThe thesis explores how and why the American Space Program underwent a rapid privatisation process in the 21st century. The broad goal of this research is to explain how has the space sector changed throughout the recent decades and present the new "face" of the American space exploration. The American Space Program has been dominated by NASA for most of its existence ever since 1959. Hence, the 21st century marked a drastic change in the composition of the space sector where private businesses created the new "space industry". The thesis examines the main historical factors which led to this change. More importantly, it outlines how do these newly emerged space enterprises change the fundamentals of space exploration in the United States.Show less
Space activity started as a national ambition during the Cold War and has progressively evolved into an international framework in which states can cooperate. Yet, this cooperation contained flaws...Show moreSpace activity started as a national ambition during the Cold War and has progressively evolved into an international framework in which states can cooperate. Yet, this cooperation contained flaws from earlier on and the current framework dominated by the United States of America (USA) through NASA, bars any attempt of cooperation with China and their national space agency; CNSA. This thesis intends to look at the context in which cooperation emerged in the context of space activity and understands the reasons why this cooperation has been failing. Accounting for these elements, a new cooperative framework will be drafted to overcome the shortcomings mentioned and promote the benefits a USA- China cooperation could bring to the sector of space activity internationally.Show less
This thesis discusses the militarization process that came along with Plan Colombia in Colombia and the promotion of the nation state. During the era of Pastrana’s government and the Clinton...Show moreThis thesis discusses the militarization process that came along with Plan Colombia in Colombia and the promotion of the nation state. During the era of Pastrana’s government and the Clinton administration in the U.S. Plan Colombia was implemented. This program should create a situation in which the Colombian State could develop itself and get out of the negative spiral of violence and killings, due to the drug industry and the rise of FARC. By intensifying the military actions, their goal was to restore the idea of a nation state. By connecting this idea with a chosen theoretical framework, it will become clear how militarization has helped to transmit ideas about statehood throughout this thesis. This research will be supported by using case studies that represent military actions during Plan Colombia.Show less
In this study, I focused on how historians looked at British and American handling of the ‘Polish Question’ in World War II. This was from the moment the discovery of the mass graves at Katyn led...Show moreIn this study, I focused on how historians looked at British and American handling of the ‘Polish Question’ in World War II. This was from the moment the discovery of the mass graves at Katyn led to a break between the Soviet Union and the Polish government-in-exile in April 1943 to the end of the Warsaw Uprising in September 1944. I was particularly interested in what ways the United States and Great Britain wanted to solve this problem in accordance with the wishes of the Polish government-in-exile. It seems as if historians are biased on this subject. They mainly see a pleasing Allied side, desperately trying to keep Stalin in the War. Churchill and Roosevelt wanted to please Stalin so much, according to these historians, that they were willing to sell out their Polish allies and to forget about the Soviet crimes committed in the Easter-European country. Instead of this biased historical look on affairs, summarized in the schools of innocence and blame, I argue for the school of reconstruction or a more objective look at this subject.Show less
