Why do you think the United States got involved in the distant war between Iraq and Kuwait? Do you think President Bush was right to step in? What do you think should be the purpose of U.S. foreign policy?

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U.S. foreign policy

Answer the following four questions after reading the passage included. Here is the link :
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/ccf3149c-1413-4866-9d3d-8d84c964177f/concepts/671eb380-d7ca-4f31-8464-0e807838f52f

-ONLY use the first original page, and answer each question with 5-7 sentences.

1. Why do you think the United States got involved in the distant war between Iraq and Kuwait? Do you think President Bush was right to step in?

2. What do you think should be the purpose of U.S. foreign policy?

3. Why do you think the United States is known as a global “superpower”? How does the first Persian Gulf War support this idea?

4. Can you think of other times when the United States has been involved with international disputes or issues? Do you think this is part of the job of the United States? Why or why not?

Describe how you will collect data, including the length of interviews or observations, and whether you will be working with field notes or transcriptions. Describe your role as the researcher and your level of involvement. Include your method for triangulating the data or ways you ensured the credibility/trustworthiness of data.

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Campaign Financing Elections in the United States versus Canada

1) Title Page

2) Introduction
– Capture the Goal /Purpose of the Research – Include a clear purpose statement
-Include a rationale for why your topic is important
-Consider a statement that explains why a particular setting is important and interesting
– Situate the study in the literature – demonstrate your familiarity with similar studies or position your study in opposition to what you have previously studied

3) Literature Review
-The literature review is the framework and foundation of your study
-Develop a brief history of the research which should include articles that support or contradict your position
-Include the latest research on your topic
-Assess previous work done on your topic and work to analyze, synthesize, and critique. Make the case for why should your topic should be studied further or again. Work to connect and relate the studies together.
-Presenting theory is helpful even though qualitative research is inductive. Theory creates a focus for the study and provides the language or terminology used to assist with data analysis and interpretation
-The literature review should lead directly into your Research Question, which concludes this section

4) Method

4a) Participants
-There are different ways to use headings in the Method section. For this section you might begin with “Participants,” “Setting,” or “Background”
-Describe who your participants will be and how they will be selected for the study (sampling)

4b) Procedures for Data Collection
-Describe how you will collect data, including the length of interviews or observations, and whether you will be working with field notes or transcriptions.
-Describe your role as the researcher and your level of involvement.
– Include your method for triangulating the data or ways you ensured the credibility/trustworthiness of data.

4c) Data Analysis
-Describe the method you will use to analyze the data (Coding procedures). Be specific and provide appropriate citations.

5) References

Explain the differences between the federalists and Anti Federalist. Why did the anti-federalists want a bill of rights? Explain how this country would have been different had they not been successful in their push to add a bill of rights.

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You are expected to cite valid sources throughout your midterm. Books are fine, including ours, but be sure to list page numbers. News articles are also valid. Any format is fine APA MLA etc. Cite with in text citations or cited page at end.
These questions are open ended but remember stay on topic. If you quote something, please cite. Also explain the quote in your own words. Two valid sources for each question. .org Edu news articles databases.

1. Explain the differences between the federalists and Anti Federalist. Why did the anti-federalists want a bill of rights? Explain how this country would have been different had they not been successful in their push to add a bill of rights.

2. Explain the concept of judicial review. Why is the case Marbury verses Madison still important today? Cite some modern day examples to answer this question, using outside research.

3. Talk about some of the advantages and disadvantages of federalism. Does this system serve the United States well? Why or why not?

4. Explain the differences between Conservatism, Liberalism and Libertarianism and Socialism? Feel free to use issue differences to answer this question. Examples include health care, taxes, wars, etc.

Write a scientific paper about what causes economic growth and/or human development.

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Advanced comparative political economy – Graded assignment

Write a scientific paper about what causes economic growth and/or human development. The paper should include a quantitative analysis of the significance of these causes.

Write a literature review papers pertaining to Has Federalism in the USA evolved from Dual to Cooperative?

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Has Federalism in the USA evolved from Dual to Cooperative?

OVERVIEW
An important part of your study is to base research on scholarship past and present. For the Christian statesman, the added requirement is that the research incorporate the demands of Scripture. To both survey the relevant scholarship and the Scripture that informs it, researchers conduct reviews of scholarly materials to inform their research and to identify where their research fits within the framework of scholarship. Toward that end, the student will write a series of literature review papers that pertain to federalism and their chosen area of public policy.

INSTRUCTIONS
You will write a literature review papers pertaining to Has Federalism in the USA evolved from Dual to Cooperative? (Your research question) in Turabian Author-Date style: two short papers and one final literature review paper. The two short assignments will provide feedback on writing the final literature review paper. All papers will include a title page, body of paper, appendix, and list of references; the last literature review assignment will include an abstract.

• Literature Review: Theoretical Framework Assignment–Write 5-7 pages of text for the body of the paper which includes a synthesis of the important concepts, theories, and models that inform your research question. Provide at least 10 sources from peer-reviewed articles and at least one Scripture reference.

GUIDELINES
Keep these areas of focus in sight when writing the Literature Review Assignments

• Focus on the research question—The centerpiece of this course is the Literature Review Assignments, and the centerpiece of the assignments is the research question, how existing scholarship informs that question, and where your research question fits in the body of scholarship, past and present.

• Focus on peer-reviewed research—The focus of these assignments is on peer-reviewed sources found primarily in academic journals. You need to find out where your research fits in the framework of existing scholarship.

• Focus on the endgame—Provide a discussion of the literature that demonstrates the gap in existing research pertaining to your research question and how your research can fill that gap.

• Focus on synthesis, not just analysis—With analysis, you will review each article and look at the different parts (research question, hypotheses, variables, findings, etc.); with synthesis, you will use those parts and organize them to discuss how the literature informs your research question.

• Focus on organizing around concepts, not studies—Your organization for preparation for the literature review assignments is to review one article and then the next article. However, do not write the literature review that way. Rather, organize the major headings around the most important concepts related to your question, not around articles. As you organize your concepts, use the language of relationship and comparison/contrast to show the connections within the concepts and between the concepts.

How does Elazar’s model of federalism compare to other leading models we have encountered in the course thus far? Is Elazar’s model of federalism the best model that we have reviewed so far in upholding a Christian worldview?

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Book Review

OVERVIEW
In the field of federalism and intergovernmental relations, the Christian statesman needs to read leading works in the field with an aim of identifying key concepts related to federalism and evaluating those concepts from a Christian worldview. Toward that end, the purpose of the Book Review Assignment is to evaluate a leading work in the field of American federalism and place it in the framework of a Christian worldview that is informed by the framer’s views of human nature and limited government. To aid in that goal the Book Review Assignment will require that a set of “prompts” be answered from a point of view (a thesis) about the book. The response to these prompts should be thorough and demonstrate a mastery of the book’s content and the ability to evaluate the work from a Christian worldview.

INSTRUCTIONS
Write a book review for Exploring Federalism by Daniel Elazar that addresses and answers the following questions:

• How does Elazar’s model of federalism compare to other leading models we have encountered in the course thus far? Present a summary of Elazar’s model. Then contrast Elazar’s model with two other theories/models of federalism from the past three module’s assigned readings. Pick the two theories/models that you think are the most important rivals to Elazar’s.

• Is Elazar’s model of federalism the best model that we have reviewed so far in upholding a Christian worldview? If you agree, provide at least three reasons from scripture (or from the framers’ views on federalism, human nature, and limited government) with support for each reason. If you disagree, do the same. One of your reasons for disagreeing could be that you think that another model does the job better. If that is true, state and describe the preferred model, along with why it is preferable.
Follow the requirements listed below with respect to the content and structure of the book review (for other requirements, review the Book Review Assignment Grading Rubric):

• Thesis: The Book Review needs a thesis, a point of view that pulls together the two prompt questions. The thesis should be clearly stated in the introduction. This is a book review and not just a “book report.”

• Word Count: Paper should be between 1000-1200 words. This includes the title page, the body of the paper, and the alphabetized list of references (if needed).

• Format: Turabian Author-Date style (no footnotes/endnotes; in-text citations only), double-spaced, Times New Roman (12 pt.) with margins at 1” on all sides. Place page numbers in the upper right-hand corner.

• Content: Include title page, paper, and an alphabetized list of references. Include the following in the paper: introduction, a response to the two prompt questions, and a conclusion. It is expected that the Book Review Assignment will have many citations, but only one or two short quotes. Include one to three references (if needed) in a reference section at the end of the paper.

What were his purposes and did these run with or against the grain of history? What was his “feel” for the nature of his power in the circumstances of his time? What was his stance under pressure in office? What was his legacy?

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American Presidency

In this course we examined, among other things, the powers of and limits on the American presidency, as well as the relationships between the president and other major actors in the political system. And we studied presidential leadership during time of war and crisis.

Now it is time to appraise and evaluate. (For more on this see Neustadt, chapter 9 and Ginsberg, chapter 10.)

In paragraph/essay form, thoroughly answer the following:

–Which of our forty-six presidents do you believe is the greatest? And why do you believe so?

Your paper must be at least two pages in length and double-spaced. You may cite sources if necessary. You may find it useful to consider Professor Richard Neustadt’s four questions in your appraisal:

–What were his purposes and did these run with or against the grain of history?

–What was his “feel” for the nature of his power in the circumstances of his time?

–What was his stance under pressure in office?

–What was his legacy?

How do the authoritarian regimes of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan utilize tribalism to weaken the emergence of a united opposition within the population?

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Political and Social Tribalism in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

The first 5 pages were already written. Go over and continue the analysis. This is a capstone project. The research question is: How do the authoritarian regimes of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan utilize tribalism to weaken the emergence of a united opposition within the population? Expand another 2 pages on the literary review, Then, continue exploring the research question and finishing the entire paper.

Identify the features of the theme relevant to their paper. Identify the course topic or topics to which they are applying their theme

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International relations

Written Assignment
This assignrnent requires students to apply theories, concepts and material learnt in the course to a theme arising within the course itself. The assignment seeks to test students’ theoretical, conceptual and empirical understanding of thernes and content arising in the course by requiring them to apply one to the other

Students will write a thematic paper on the following theme: international relations… They will apply this therne to a specific topic or topics that have arisen in the course. Students choose the course topic or topics to which they wish to apply the theme. Students cannot choose any course topic which they have already covered in Essay 1 or 2. The content of the thematic paper must be separate and distinct frorn Essay 1 and 2. Within the thematic paper the student will

(1) identify the features of the theme relevant to their paper;

(2) identify the course topic or topics to which they are applying their theme;

(3) critically apply the theme to the course topic/A showing what the course topic reveals about the theme and what the theme reveals about the course topic.

The structure of the thematic paper is the sarne as an essay, with an introduction, body and conclusion. However, unlike an essay, in which students answer a specific question provided by the Course Coordinator, the thematic paper encourages students to develop their own lines of inquiry, interest and critical evaluation by applying the theme to the topics of the course that interests them and decide for themselves how they wish to apply one to the other in order to elucidate both. The idea is for students to provide significant critical analysiA evaluation and application of the theme to the topic given that by Week 12 they would have had a semester’s exposure to both.

Discuss the representation of male and female characters in crime fiction since 1920.

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Assignment question: Discuss the representation of male and female characters in crime fiction since 1920.

Two texts to discuss / compare:
– Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
– Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (2004)

Secondary criticism / work:
– Around 3/4 secondary works for each text