Select a policy initiative that references the healthcare or education field at the national level. Identify, describe, and provide a rationale for the chosen policy. Provide relevancy and its effect on the chosen industry. Describe any deviation from the current policy that would improve its effectiveness. Distinguish how the national policy objectives affect local behavior and political viewpoints. If your recommended changes are implemented, would there be ways to measure policy improvements?

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National Policy Process Unit IV

Unit IV focuses on the development of policymaking models. Using the domestic policy examples of health care and education, examine the framework of a policy process at the national level. Provide at least two references for your paper, ensuring that your textbook is one of the references used for this analysis.

-Select a policy initiative that references the healthcare or education field at the national level.
-Identify, describe, and provide a rationale for the chosen policy.
-Provide relevancy and its effect on the chosen industry.
-Describe any deviation from the current policy that would improve its effectiveness.
-Distinguish how the national policy objectives affect local behavior and political viewpoints.
-If your recommended changes are implemented, would there be ways to measure policy improvements?
-Examine what level of oversight national government should provide to the chosen policy.

Your essay must be at least three pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. Be sure your paper is double-spaced and uses one-inch margins. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and be cited per APA guidelines.

Identify a public policy issue you consider important, then compare a selected theory and determine what factors like regulations, special interest groups, or principle stakeholders, assisted policy makers during the implementation process. Compare the effectiveness of the policy theory during the development phase with another policy theory. Explore different viewpoints from stakeholders such as what specific theory is preferred during the policy development phase.

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Public Policy Issue Unit V

Identify a public policy issue you consider important, then compare a selected theory and determine what factors like regulations, special interest groups, or principle stakeholders, assisted policy makers during the implementation process. Compare the effectiveness of the policy theory during the development phase with another policy theory. Explore different viewpoints from stakeholders such as what specific theory is preferred during the policy development phase. Ensure you use at least three peer-reviewed references to support your position. Develop the paper by using one of the textbook theories listed below:

-Institutional Theory
-Political Theory
-Group Theory
-Elite Theory
-Rational Theory

Your essay must be at least three pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. Be sure your paper is double-spaced and uses one-inch margins. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and be cited per APA guidelines.

Select and introduce a specific public policy area such as education, national defense, welfare, immigration, employment, monetary policy, intellectual property, or markets. Compare and contrast the goals of the policy and its ties to the economy. Provide a chronological lifecycle of the chosen policy. Integrate applicable social and legal frameworks. Draw connections between advantages and disadvantages of any entitlements.

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Role of Government in US Economy

Formulate an investigative essay on the role of government in the U.S. economy by using the instructions below.

-Select and introduce a specific public policy area such as education, national defense, welfare, immigration, employment, monetary policy, intellectual property, or markets.
-Compare and contrast the goals of the policy and its ties to the economy.
-Provide a chronological lifecycle of the chosen policy.
-Integrate applicable social and legal frameworks.
-Draw connections between advantages and disadvantages of any entitlements.
-Summarize including a critical analysis of past performance and recommended improvements to consider the best balance of government involvement to promote economic stability.

Your essay must be at least two pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. Use a minimum of two sources. Be sure your paper is double-spaced and uses one-inch margins.

List past organizational conferences it has held, and identify what issues and solutions were addressed. List any watchdog functions, such as monitoring the actions of congressional member voting records. What is the draw to become a member in the group you have selected? What political interest does the agency serve?

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Special Interest Group Unit III Case Study

Select a special interest group from here:

Using your selected special interest group, write a two-page paper to answer the questions below. Use headings to indicate sections of your paper. Be sure to include supporting evidence for your main ideas.

Introduce the agency, its roles and functions.

-Identify how the agency attains its members.
-List any special affiliation services it provides to its membership.
-Classify what specific public policy category it attempts to advance and how it goes about having its interests applied in policy development.
-Reference association conferences it has held, and identify what issues and solutions were addressed.
-List past organizational conferences it has held, and identify what issues and solutions were addressed.
-List any watchdog functions, such as monitoring the actions of congressional member voting records.
-What is the draw to become a member in the group you have selected? What political interest does the agency serve?
-Summarize the agency’s success at influencing public policy.

Your case study must be at least two pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. Be sure your paper is double-spaced and uses one-inch margins. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and be cited per APA guidelines.

Describe the policy selected and why it was selected; and a summary. Conclude your remarks by illustrating why public policy option was selected, why it was the best option or not the best, and identify what lessons you learned from your research.

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Public Policy Development Unit II Essay

Review the video Ask Me Why I Care: J. Fred Silva, Senior Policy Advisor, California Forward available at the link below.

Public Service Stories – Ask Me Why I Care. (2015, October 14). Ask me why I care: J. Fred Silva, senior policy advisor, California Forward [Video]. YouTube.

Transcript for Ask Me Why I Care Video

Emphasizing the old days when community and civic leaders communicated on a regular basis, Fred Silva, Senior Policy Advisor, supporting California local government, also provides advice for students interested in public policy development. Based on the unit lesson and Mr. Silva’s advice on solving public policy challenges, select a local or national policy issue, then outline and specifically delineate each policy process variable(s).

Your paper should include: an introductory paragraph identifying the public policy topic and background;

-Six comprehensive paragraphs – each paragraph heading will be listed as:
-Problem Definition and Analysis: In this paragraph, answer the questions of who, what, why, where, when, and how much.
-Drafting Policy Options: In this paragraph, identify policy options.
-Policy Decision Implications: In this paragraph, identify which stakeholders and what will be changed.
-Measuring Alternatives: In this paragraph, identify realistic and practical options.
-Ethical Implications: In this paragraph, identify what groups’ values or cultures may be affected.

Desirable Conclusions: In this paragraph, describe the policy selected and why it was selected; and a summary. Conclude your remarks by illustrating why public policy option was selected, why it was the best option or not the best, and identify what lessons you learned from your research.

Your assignment must be at least two pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. Be sure your paper is double-spaced and uses one-inch margins. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and be cited per APA guidelines.

Select a local, national, or international public policy topic, and identify the pros and cons of the policy. Examine how the policy was formulated and which stakeholders were involved in the process. What were each stakeholder’s responsibilities? Also, evaluate whether the policy creates a benefit for one group while other groups experience problems or concerns because of the public policy.

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Consequences of Public Policy

Chapter 1 of your textbook includes consequences of public policy. Select a local, national, or international public policy topic, and identify the pros and cons of the policy. Examine how the policy was formulated and which stakeholders were involved in the process. What were each stakeholder’s responsibilities? Also, evaluate whether the policy creates a benefit for one group while other groups experience problems or concerns because of the public policy.

Your paper must be in APA style. This includes a title page, one-inch margins, double-spacing, in-text citations, and a reference page. Level headings are also encouraged to help organize your paper. Your paper must be at least two pages in length, not including the title and reference pages.

Dye, T. R. (2017). Understanding public policy (15th ed.). Pearson.

Provide a summary of the two speeches. Compare Dr. King’s leadership, charisma, power and passion to capture his audience to Alicia Garza’s speech. What are the similarities, if any? What are the differences, if any? How does the location of the speeches support their messaging? Dr. King’s speech was held in a church and at the Lincoln Memorial, whereas today we have social networking and more avenues to relay messages. Does messaging make a difference?

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Analyze body

Instructions

Social Movements are only as important as the person leading them. The person(s) leading a social movement must have charisma and be able to captivate an audience. Political scientists and historians are taught to analyze body language, especially during debates and speeches.

For this assignment, you will watch Dr Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech and a speech by Alicia Garza of the Black Lives Matter movement and answer questions listed below. Pay special attention to the following aspects in the two speeches.

Importance of body language while delivering the speech.
Gestures, cadence and delivery style.

Answer the following

Provide a summary of the two speeches.
Compare Dr. King’s leadership, charisma, power and passion to capture his audience to Alicia Garza’s speech. What are the similarities, if any? What are the differences, if any?
How does the location of the speeches support their messaging? Dr. King’s speech was held in a church and at the Lincoln Memorial, whereas today we have social networking and more avenues to relay messages. Does messaging make a difference?
Describe how the audience in Dr. King’s speeches relate to the Alicia Garza’s audience. Do you see a similarity or differences in the speeches and in the audience?

How Chinese actions in the South China Sea impact its relationship with other East Asian countries ? What contradictory chinese ambitions are reflected in these actions ? Can it be considered as an opening to liberalism, real politiks or a form of revisionism.

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Chinese Contemporary Politic

China’s actions in the South China Sea and their repercussions on it’s relationship with South East Asian countries. A case study of Vietnam and the Philippines.

How Chinese actions in the South China Sea impact its relationship with other East Asian countries ?

What contradictory chinese ambitions are reflected in these actions ? Can it be considered as an opening to liberalism, real politiks or a form of revisionism

– Chinese ambitions in the region and internationally

. Within ASEAN (a community of shared futures ?)

. The Belt and Road Initiative in South East Asia

. What goals internationally ? Play a more important role globally ?

. Can this be considered as realpolitiks or an acceptance of liberalism? Can China be considered a revisionist country ?

– China’s actions in the South China Sea (revisionism ? Putting in jeopardy it’s will to gain influence globally and relation with other countries of the region ?)

. An evolution under Xi Jinping

. What events ? International law and institutions what reaction?

. Does it jeopardise its relationship with other countries of the region ?

– The case study of Vietnam and the Philippines

. What historical relationship with China

. Disagreements in the South China Sea and its impact on the relations with China

. What options does China have to keep having a role with these countries ?

Write a text in the format of a blog post for a non-specialized audience answering the question “How do we make the setting of the Global Health agenda more democratic?.

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Global Health

The task is to write a text in the format of a blog post for a non-specialized audience answering the question “How do we make the setting of the Global Health agenda more democratic?. The length should be 400. References must be embedded as hyperlinks.

https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/global-health-on-the-international-agenda-lessons-from-the-pandemic-for-a-new-role-for-spain-in-the-world/

In his role as the facilitator of IC oversight, does the DNI have an increasing leadership role in providing top cover for the IC in dealing with an increasingly complicated Congress that has become more polarized and partisan?

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ODNI and Accountability

Week 6 Question:

Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities is the executive order that directs the IC’s authority to conduct Intelligence activities. The ODNI is the IC’s lead for Intelligence oversight.  The Office of General Counsel, the IC Inspector General, and the Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency all have delegated responsibilities to ensure that ODNI is in accordance with the Constitution and other laws, regulations, executive orders and directives or policies.

The lectures, readings and discussions over the last six weeks have been directly related to IC leadership.   A critical function of leadership is oversight and accountability, and one of the primary reasons that ODNI was established. In his role as the facilitator of IC oversight, does the DNI have an increasing leadership role in providing top cover for the IC in dealing with an increasingly complicated Congress that has become more polarized and partisan?