Write an essay on Policy issue: Tax rate policy Cities: Orlando and New York explore how that policy developed and what the outcomes are in your two localities.

Tax rate policy

Write an essay on Policy issue: Tax rate policy Cities: Orlando and New York explore how that policy developed and what the outcomes are (or will be) in your two localities. Only use scholar websites like .edu pages or any database. Do not use any other website that is not reliable.

What is a COG ? ( define the term and provide an example of what they do and where they do it ). What is SCAG ? ( define the term and provide an example of what it does and where ).

Assignment 14

The items below will give you a perspective of organizing government and public services at regional levels. Included is a map of California counties. I have also included images of Iowa and Texas that include their counties and examples of their regional planning authorities. Counties and regional planning authorities impact our lives in major ways. Take a good look at each of the two files below with images from California, Iowa and Texas.

  • 14.0 14.0 california_county_map.pdf
  • 14.0 Iowa Texas Counties and cogs.pdf

After you have looked through them and given some consideration to planning and implementing public services in large areas, review and look through this file
14.0 lac-cog-subregions.pdf , The file has information about the LA County Council of Governments and regional planning efforts. Another local regional planning body is called Southern California Association of Governments ( https://scag.ca.gov/ .AND/OR https://scag.ca.gov/about-us ).

Your assignment is to briefly answer these two questions – 1 page maximum –

1. What is a COG ? ( define the term and provide an example of what they do and where they do it ).

2. What is SCAG ? ( define the term and provide an example of what it does and where ).

Take a screen shot of a published item/announcement. Paste the screen shot to a word document. Above the screen shot, write a few sentences summarizing and introducing the announcement.

Chapter 15

Page/Posting from the Federal Register and brief summary…

Go to https://www.federalregister.gov/

This is the Federal Register, the published official announcements of the United States government. It includes official notices, rules, proposed rules, executive orders, funding announcements and other official announcements. Explore the site on your own and try to get a sense of how broad and detailed some of the activities of the US government are. You should be able to find many announcements on a broad range of topics, both current and/or recent.

For your assignment, take a screen shot of a published item/announcement (just the first page/screen with the title of the announcement). Paste the screen shot to a word document. Above the screen shot, write a few sentences summarizing and introducing the announcement.

If you have difficulty with the screen shot and word file, find a link to a PDF file at the Federal Register site – (test it to make sure it is valid). Copy and paste the link to a PDF announcement and above the link write a few sentences summarizing and introducing the announcement.

Provide a policy development to address einancial losses, inconveniencies, and user unfriendliness in the current waste management system in the town of Dighton.

Waste Management System

Provide a policy development to address einancial losses, inconveniencies, and user unfriendliness in the current waste management system in the town of Dighton.

Identify the sources of and assess the range of topics covered by international law. What is the role of the World Court? Define universal human rights and review how global actors have contributed to ensuring and promoting human rights.

International law

Q1. Identify the sources of and assess the range of topics covered by international law. What is the role of the World Court? Define universal human rights and review how global actors have contributed to ensuring and promoting human rights.

Q1. Be sure to discuss the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Geneva Convention, and other relevant international agreements covered in this module. Interpol and Extradition are among other international law key terms that may be referenced. Global actors include the ICC for the last section of this question and refer to the actions by and institutions associated with the UN as part of your definition of human rights.

Essay Notes: Global actors in the essays above refers to all relevant actors:
States, IGOs, NGOs, individuals, etc.

Explain and discuss the reasons behind Japans rapidly aging population as well as its declining economy. What must Japan do to turn course and avoid further declination of itself and what was the reason behind these issues in the first place?

Lost Decades in Japan

Prompt:
Explain and discuss the reasons behind Japans rapidly aging population as well as its declining economy. What must Japan do to turn course and avoid further declination of itself and what was the reason behind these issues in the first place?

Elaborate of two or three cross-cutting themes across the readings/media, such as theoretical or ideological debates, ideas, symbols, images, and issues, and implications for our broader understanding of global urban politics. Identify a recent related story in the news media and reflecting on how the readings/media relate to or help us understand the story.

Kabul/Conflict

The slides should include any interesting background or facts about the authors of the readings/media. Elaboration of two or three cross-cutting themes across the readings/media, such as theoretical or ideological debates, ideas, symbols, images, and issues, and implications for our broader understanding of global urban politics. Identifying a recent related story in the news media and reflecting on how the readings/media relate to or help us understand the story.

Provide a case study using methods of comparative politics to analyze the liberalization/decriminalization of drugs in Portugal and the Czech Republic.

Case study

Provide a case study using methods of comparative politics to analyze the liberalization/decriminalization of drugs in Portugal and the Czech Republic.

What institutional arrangements regarding the structure of executive, legislative, and judicial systems would you recommend? Would you opt for a presidential or parliamentary system?

Constitution for a new, democratic state

Imagine you were tasked to propose a constitution for a new, democratic state. What institutional arrangements regarding the structure of executive, legislative, and judicial systems would you recommend? Would you opt for a presidential or parliamentary system? Set elections as some form of single member district or proportional representation? Case law or code law? Any other provision you believe would be important? Give the reasoning behind your choices, addressing what impact your preferred constitutional provisions would likely have on number of political parties, the focus on issues or candidate personality during political campaigns, and establishing protection of rights of the minority while still enabling majority rule overall. To illustrate these points, make reference to the structures of at least three (3) of the following countries discussed in the text and lectures: France, Germany, Indonesia, Nigeria, India, Mexico, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States. Be sure to give citations for all sources you quote or use in a substantive way (including any on-line sources you may use), with a reference page at the end using either MLA or Chicago formatting. Try to organize your answer well, with both introductory and concluding paragraphs indicating the overall direction of the paper, and the general argument that you are making.

How likely is a civil war with more than 1,000 battle deaths between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil organizations in the next five years?

Civil war

How likely is a civil war with more than 1,000 battle deaths between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil organizations in the next five years?