Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Love, Gary"
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A Christian Voice in a Secular Society: The Role of the Archbishop of Canterbury in British Public Life
Osmundsen, Johan (Master thesis, 2013)Historians have argued that religion has lost much of its social impact as a result of increasing secularization during the 20th century. This dissertation examines the previous Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and ... -
A Threatened British Identity? Rethinking the roles of commemorations in 21st century Britain
Hatlegjerde, Eline Vada (Master thesis, 2022)I løpet av det siste tiåret har minnesmarkeringer i Storbritannias offentlige rom fått mye oppmerksomhet som et resultat av et økt fokus på inkludering av forskjellige grupper i samfunnet. Dette fokuset har utspring i ... -
A Vital Outlet for the British Left: Marxism Today as a discursive space, 1979-1983
Solgard, Marie (Master thesis, 2022)Denne avhandlingen er en studie av bidragene til Marxism Today i perioden 1979-1983. For å kunne utvide forståelsen vår av den intellektuelle historien til Marxism Today og politikken til både ‘Labour Party’ og ... -
A ‘Mixture of Britannia and Boadicea’: Dorothy Crisp’s Conservatism and the Limits of Right-Wing Women’s Political Activism, 1927–48
Love, Gary (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Dorothy Crisp is known for being the militant Chairman of the British Housewives League (BHL) after the Second World War, but historians have failed to recognize that her views and actions were the culmination of over ... -
Breaking Norwegian neutrality - British foreign policy and the politics of intervention in Norway, 1939-1940
Vindspoll, Torkel (Master thesis, 2017)This thesis is an analysis of British foreign policy regarding Norway between September 1939 and April 1940. Its focus is on how the British Government adjusted its policy towards Norway’s neutrality, from an attitude of ... -
Individualism, Family Values, and Conservative Ideology in Britain and Norway, 1979-1990
Engen, Linda Øyås (Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this master’s thesis is to compare how the British Conservative Party and Høyre in Norway tried to strengthen the position of the individual and the family through their use of political rhetoric and legislation ... -
'Making a ‘New Conservatism’: The Tory Reform Committee and Design for Freedom, 1942–1949'
Love, Gary (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article offers the first analytical overview of the political thinking and organisational history of the Tory Reform Committee (TRC). It is also a contribution to wider scholarly debates about the making of a ‘New ... -
‘Real Toryism’ or Christian democracy? The political thought of Douglas Jerrold and Charles Petrie at the New English Review, 1945–50
Love, Gary (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article uses the periodical press, memoirs and archival sources to examine the Conservative thought of Douglas Jerrold and Charles Petrie at the New English Review between 1945 and 1950. It seeks to argue that while ... -
Skinheads and identity conflict in the 1980s: A look at identity conflicts among skinheads in the films This is England and Beverly
Nilsen, Isak Brendløkken (Bachelor thesis, 2021)Skinhead-subkulturen er i vestlig kultur godt etablert som et bilde på vold, rasisme, og hat. På tross av dette er bakgrunnen for subkulturen langt mer nyansert og involverer et komplekst spekter av identiteter og ideologier. ... -
Strikingly Individual: Popular Individualism in the Mining Community of Horden, c.1984-1994
Istad, Magnus (Master thesis, 2021)This thesis argues that the outcome of the miners’ strike of 1984-5 was not individualism’s triumph over the collective sense of community in traditional mining communities. By analysing individual testimonies from local ... -
Thatcher, Thatcherism, and the Conservatives through the eyes of Norwegian newspapers
Bjørnstad, Erik Christoffer (Master thesis, 2023)Denne avhandlingen tar for seg samtidsreaksjonene til Thatcher, det konservative partiet i Storbritannia samt dens regjering og Thatcherisme i Norge i perioden 1979-1900. Fokuset er på hvordan de norske avisene reagerte ... -
The afterlife of Winston Churchill's rhetoric on Europe
Brækkan, Vilde Elise (Master thesis, 2022)Siden Winston Churchills død i 1965 har politikere brukt minnet om han som støtte for sine egne politiske synspunkter, Med Berlinmurens fall og slutten på det kommunistiske styret i Øst-Europe i 1989, var det slutt på en ... -
The British Withdrawal from the Persian Gulf
Huseth, Åse (Master thesis, 2022)Denne studien analyserer Wilson-regjeringens beslutning i 1968 om å oppgi Storbritannias militære baser i den Persiske Gulfen innen utgangen av 1971. Den undersøker beslutningsprosessene som ledet frem til tilbaketrekningen ... -
The Hooligan Problem. State responses to football-related violence
Sæle, Vegard Nævdal (Master thesis, 2017)This thesis is an analysis of state responses to football hooliganism in the period 1968-1975. The locus of this study relates to why and how the British Government involved themselves in sporting problems. Furthermore, ... -
The Making and Remaking of Margaret Thatcher's Political Reputation: The Autobiography, the Biopic, and the Authorized Biography
Skaufel, Stine (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis analyzes how autobiography, biographical film, and biography have shaped Margaret Thatcher’s political reputation, as a Prime Minister and a personality. The thesis does so by focusing on important moments such ... -
The Mérida Initiative: An Assessment of US-Mexican Cooperation in the War on Mexican Drug Cartels
Broch-Due, Jacob (Master thesis, 2013) -
The political ideas and language of the English Defence League: New wine in old bottles
Langvatn, Rakel Wika (Master thesis, 2013) -
The Thatcher Government, the Fall of the Berlin Wall, and German Reunification, 1989-1990
Pedersen, Arja (Master thesis, 2021)This thesis is a study of the Thatcher government’s responses to German reunification in the period 1989-1990. It focuses on Margaret Thatcher’s and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s statements from three different stages ...