Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 47 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-44).

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-31).

Barack Obama’s personality is studied to understand how the personality of a leader can contribute to the decision-making process in foreign policy. The study connects literature from foreign policy analysis as well as psychology to contribute with an example of how these two fields of study can be used simultaneously. Barack Obama is examined through the Five-Level Model of personality in order to understand his characteristics and his behavior. Each level of Obama’s personality is analyzed in regard to the decision to use air strikes towards the terrorist organization Daesh in Syria. The findings show that Obama prefer softer and more peaceful tactics, but also that he has a strong determination to fulfill his goals and to use force when America is faced with a direct threat.

Submitted by Marcio Nunes de Abreu (mandingueiro@hotmail.com) on 2018-09-05T17:13:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 O Efeito Negro Encantado - Márcio de Abreu.pdf: 13530675 bytes, checksum: 75cdd260ea210fdf77c5944f3aad0d68 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Setor de Periódicos (per_macedocosta@ufba.br) on 2018-09-06T21:09:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 O Efeito Negro Encantado - Márcio de Abreu.pdf: 13530675 bytes, checksum: 75cdd260ea210fdf77c5944f3aad0d68 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-06T21:09:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 O Efeito Negro Encantado - Márcio de Abreu.pdf: 13530675 bytes, checksum: 75cdd260ea210fdf77c5944f3aad0d68 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB). / O presente trabalho consiste em uma análise crítica, interdisciplinar, dos regimes de representação étnico-racial do comercial político American Stories/American Solutions — peça publicitária audiovisual de 30 minutos, produzida para fins eleitorais, lançada pela campanha do candidato Barack Obama durante as eleições presidenciais de 2008, nos Estados Unidos. Partindo da materialidade do comercial, procuramos demonstrar de que maneira American Stories/American Solutions reproduz os esquemas fílmico-narrativos dos filmes com Negros Encantados — gênero hollywoodiano introduzido no cinema americano durante a década de 1990. Neste trabalho, defendemos a hipótese de que as estratégias de representação étnico-racial adotadas em/por American Stories/American Solutions são capazes de produzir um efeito de atenuação dos temores e ansiedades raciais do eleitorado branco-americano — em relação à possibilidade de eleição do primeiro homem negro à presidência dos Estados Unidos —, ou o que resolvemos chamar de “Efeito Negro Encantado”. Argumentamos que, assim como no caso dos filmes com Negros Encantados, American Stories/American Solutions reproduz um discurso subjacente de normatividade branca e de subalternização da identidade negra, além de produzir um efeito de invisibilização do racismo americano. Com base na teoria da formação racial, desenvolvida por Howard Winant e Michael Omi, concluímos que o comercial American Stories/American Solutions reproduz, de maneira implícita, a ideologia do daltonismo racial sobre a qual foi construído o projeto racial hegemônico vigente, nos Estados Unidos, durante as eleições de 2008. Para além de um estudo sobre apelos raciais implícitos em campanhas eleitorais, essa investigação busca uma convergência entre diferentes disciplinas e tradições analíticas para demonstrar de que maneira identidades étnico-raciais são cinematograficamente construídas, como os significados raciais nelas e por elas produzidos se relacionam com realidades políticas e sociais de períodos históricos específicos, os discursos ideológicos de supremacia racial que essas representações reproduzem e as maneiras pelas quais tais discursos são capazes de mediar nossas experiências cotidianas e nosso entendimento do mundo. / The present work consists in an interdisciplinary critical analysis of ethnic/racial representations in the political ad, American Stories/American Solutions; a 30min infomercial created by Barack Obama’s campaign during the 2008 Presidential Elections in the United States. In this context, we therefore sought to demonstrate the ways through which American Stories/American Solutions reproduces the filmic/narrative schemes of Magical Negro films. We argue that the strategies of ethnic/racial representations used in American Stories/American Solutions are capable of producing an effect of attenuation of white American’s racial fears and anxieties regarding the possible election of the first black man to the presidency of the United States. We describe this effect as a “Magical Negro Effect”. Just as in the case of Magical Negro Films, American Storie/American Solutions reproduces an underlying discourse of white normativity and black subalternity, in addition to creating an effect of invisibilization of racism and of the racial hierarchies of America’s social structure. Based on the theory of racial formation, developed by Howard Winant and Michael Omi, we concluded that American Stories/American Solutions implicitly reproduces an ideology of colorblindness, upon which stands the current hegemonic racial project in the United States. In addition to contributing to the studies of implicit racial appeals in electoral campaigns, this investigation seeks a convergence between different disciplines and analytical traditions to demonstrate how ethnic/racial identities are cinematographically constructed, how the racial meanings produced by them connect to the political and social realities of specific historical periods, and to reveal the ideological discourses of racial supremacy reproduced by these representations.

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Relações Internacionais, 2017. / Texto parcialmente liberado pelo autor. Conteúdo liberado: resumos e introdução. / Submitted by Raquel Almeida (raquel.df13@gmail.com) on 2017-10-10T19:54:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_LeonardoDinizLameiras_PARCIAL.pdf: 895898 bytes, checksum: d819309bdf12b96bd63f3e8145ba45b4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2018-02-09T20:02:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_LeonardoDinizLameiras_PARCIAL.pdf: 895898 bytes, checksum: d819309bdf12b96bd63f3e8145ba45b4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-09T20:02:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_LeonardoDinizLameiras_PARCIAL.pdf: 895898 bytes, checksum: d819309bdf12b96bd63f3e8145ba45b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-08 / Esta dissertação analisa a política de comércio exterior que foi concebida ao longo dos dois governos de Barack Obama (2009 – 2017) na Presidência dos Estados Unidos, com o objetivo de revelar suas potenciais implicações para o regime internacional de comércio. No curso desses oito anos, busca-se explicar o processo histórico que fez com que os Estados Unidos transitassem do imobilismo a um engajamento mais assertivo no que se refere à inserção internacional pela via do comércio. Ademais, faz-se uso do enfoque analítico-metodológico que Susan Strange desenvolve na obra States and markets, a fim de melhor elucidar os objetivos estratégicos, para além da liberalização comercial, que estão associados à escolha dos mega acordos regionais como os principais instrumentos da política de comércio exterior do governo democrata. De acordo com a hipótese central deste estudo, por intermédio dessa política, os Estados Unidos promoveriam modificações no arcabouço normativo do sistema multilateral de comércio, submetendo o atual regime internacional que disciplina as trocas comerciais entre os países a significativas transformações. / This dissertation analyses the foreign trade policy conceived throughout the Obama administration (2009 – 2017) with the purpose of revealing the policy´s potential implications for the international trade regime. The aim of this study is to explain the historical process that led the United States to move from immobilism to a more assertive engagement during these eight years, with regard to its international insertion through trade. Moreover, the analytical-methodological approach that Susan Strange presents in States and markets is here employed to better clarify strategic objectives beyond trade liberalization, which are associated with the preference for mega-regional agreements as the main tools of the Democratic administration’s foreign trade policy. According to the central hypothesis of this study, by adopting that trade policy, the United States would bring about changes in the normative framework of the multilateral trade system, further subjecting the current international regime that regulates trade between countries to significant transformations.

El presente artículo es un análisis de la reforma financiera del gobierno del presidente Barack Obama, especialmente la implementación a la fecha de la Ley Dodd-Frank, tanto en lo que concierne a los aspectos económico-financieros como en lo referente a los aspectos político- institucionales. Su objetivo es demostrar que, si bien la referida política de reforma conllevaría a la reivindicación del papel regulador y supervisor del Estado en el sistema financiero de Estados Unidos (surgiendo con ello la posibilidad de un nuevo paradigma en la relación entre Estado y mercado), su implementación no equivaldría a una reforma integral del mismo. Ello, a razón de que los mismos responsables de la crisis de 2008 se mantienen en el poder; a que se estaría dejando sin resolver otras dificultades importantes; las críticas de congresistas republicanos y la oposición de las grandes compañías de la industria financiera.Teniendo en consideración el objetivo del artículo, el tipo de investigación es explicativa y el método se compone de un estudio de procesos dadas las unidades de observación: a) la crisis financiera de 2008-2010, b) las implicancias de la crisis, c) los rescates financieros, y, d) la reforma financiera como expresión de la reivindicación del Estado en el sistema financiero de Estados Unidos. El énfasis del análisis estará en los procesos, incorporando los principales factores políticos y económicos que influyen en dichos procesos.

Tesis para optar al grado magíster en estudios internacionales / En este trabajo mostraremos el poder del lenguaje en los discursos presidenciales. Tomaremos como ejemplo los discursos pronunciados por George Bush, durante su segundo mandato, y por Barack Obama, durante su primer periodo, en Medio Oriente. A través de la teoría post-moderna y de su impacto en las Relaciones Internacionales, abordaremos el análisis de los discursos, a través de técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas

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An ongoing debate surrounds the question of whether digital media can promote participatory democracy. A qualitative case study was conducted on Barack Obama’s campaign social networking site, my.barackobama.com, in order to investigate the ways in which the website promotes or discourages participatory democracy. For a rich analysis, the case study drew on various relevant theoretical perspectives, including the concepts of participatory democracy and digital democracy. The case study included a content analysis of the website and interviews with members of groups on the site. The study found that my.barackobama.com promoted political knowledge and non-electoral participation, but failed to promote political discussion and community. Consequently, the recommendations highlighted the importance of an online public sphere. The findings of this case study add to the research literature about the political use of digital media, and they also add new information about Barack Obama’s digital media strategies.

This thesis investigates the complex relationship between political institutions and health care policy through framing techniques employed in political discourse in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). It addresses how rights and market framing interact in the development, passage and further discourses on the PPACA. President Obama’s discourses are analyzed using qualitative critical discourse analysis of five remarks and addresses given between 2009-2013. These speeches are unpacked and catego-rized to illustrate the change in framing techniques over time. Three main findings are presented after the analysis portion: market framing is used more frequently in the developmental stages of the PPACA, mixed rights and market framing are largely conveyed through anecdotes, and the “right to affordable health care” is forwarded as an argument. These findings support the main argument that rights and market frames have a high level of interaction in the development of the PPACA.