Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, course: American civilization, language: English, abstract: This thesis deals with the reasons behind the Blacks' shift of commitment from the Republican to the Democratic Party during the New Deal period and its legacy. This recurrent phenomenon comes to the fore with every American presidential election since the first election of Roosevelt in 1932. By the coming of the New Deal they shifted their traditional electoral support to the Democratic Party. In addition, this research probes the motives behind this...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: USA, grade: Assistant Professor, course: American Civilization, language: English, abstract: The U.S.-Algerian relations have long been subject to fluctuation and uncertainty since Algeria's independence. However, recently after a cabal of neoconservatives was swarmed into the Bush Administration there had been an increasing interest in the country. This paper looks into the rationale of the American unexpected shift of interest towards Algeria in the dawn of the 21st century. It situates the place of...