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Kriget i Afghanistan- Varför förändrades den amerikanska opinionen?

Schmitz, Alice LU (2018) STVK02 20172
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis focuses on public opinion. Specifically it examines public opinion in the US regarding the war in Afghanistan. In the last months of the Bush administration was the US still at war in Afghanistan and Iraq. The newly elected president Obama inherited the wars and by 2009 had the US waged war in the region for approximately eight years. The aim of the thesis is to reach a conclusion regarding why the public changed opinion about the war in Afghanistan. The thesis compares 2009 and 2011 by focusing on ten variables. By focusing on a comparison between the same ten variables for 2009 and 2010 enables the thesis to determine which of them can explain why the American public changed their opinion. The thesis finds that it is the... (More)
This thesis focuses on public opinion. Specifically it examines public opinion in the US regarding the war in Afghanistan. In the last months of the Bush administration was the US still at war in Afghanistan and Iraq. The newly elected president Obama inherited the wars and by 2009 had the US waged war in the region for approximately eight years. The aim of the thesis is to reach a conclusion regarding why the public changed opinion about the war in Afghanistan. The thesis compares 2009 and 2011 by focusing on ten variables. By focusing on a comparison between the same ten variables for 2009 and 2010 enables the thesis to determine which of them can explain why the American public changed their opinion. The thesis finds that it is the public dissatisfaction over economic spending that changes their opinion regarding the outcome of the war. The dissatisfaction forces the Obama administration to start a policy for exiting the war in Afghanistan. (Less)
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author
Schmitz, Alice LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
USA, Afghanistan, folklig opinion, krig, terrorism
language
Swedish
id
8930983
date added to LUP
2018-08-24 09:13:09
date last changed
2018-08-24 09:13:09
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  abstract     = {{This thesis focuses on public opinion. Specifically it examines public opinion in the US regarding the war in Afghanistan. In the last months of the Bush administration was the US still at war in Afghanistan and Iraq. The newly elected president Obama inherited the wars and by 2009 had the US waged war in the region for approximately eight years. The aim of the thesis is to reach a conclusion regarding why the public changed opinion about the war in Afghanistan. The thesis compares 2009 and 2011 by focusing on ten variables. By focusing on a comparison between the same ten variables for 2009 and 2010 enables the thesis to determine which of them can explain why the American public changed their opinion. The thesis finds that it is the public dissatisfaction over economic spending that changes their opinion regarding the outcome of the war. The dissatisfaction forces the Obama administration to start a policy for exiting the war in Afghanistan.}},
  author       = {{Schmitz, Alice}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Kriget i Afghanistan- Varför förändrades den amerikanska opinionen?}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}