Discuss the various underlying reasons for reform – cost, quality, equity and so on.

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This is a policy memo assignment:
With the possibilities of national action very limited, progressive states like NY, CT and CA are considering health system change in their states. You are a staff person in the NYS Governor’s office. You have been asked to draft a memo to Paul Francis, Governor Cuomo’s Secretary for Health. Your memo will discuss the various underlying reasons for reform – cost, quality, equity and so on. You will recommend a specific health system change you believe needs to be acted upon as soon as possible. This is the first memo on the topic you are sending Mr. Francis. Your memo should introduce him to the issues and lay out the needs and opportunities for state action.
Mr. Francis is quite knowledgeable about the politics of health care in NY, but less well versed in the how the health system works.
Policy memo should follow the following format: Organizing an effective policy memo
1) Introduction
One distinguishing characteristic of a policy memo is that a summary of the document’s conclusion(s) and recommendation(s) is placed right at the beginning of the memo. Remember that the purpose of the document is generally to provide your audience advice about a decision, project, or policy stance. Thus, you open the memo by summarizing the problem or situation about which you are writing, and by providing a very short summary of the conclusions/recommendations you have reached during your analysis. The rest of the memo is designed to support the conclusions or recommendations you present.
2) Background
Follow your introduction with a concise summary of any historical or technical that your audience needs to understand the arguments you are building. (It may be that no background information is needed at all.)
Supporting arguments or analysis
Once you have set the stage for your audience, show how this information leads logically to the conclusions/recommendations you have provided.
3) Style and Format
Your ideas will be no more meaningful to the reader of your memo than you are able to make them. Meaning is not just embellished by style; rather, the two must function together. Muddled writing reflects hazy thinking. Your prose should be simple, clear, and easy to read; you will confuse, not impress, your readers with sophisticated vocabulary. Your reader should be able to describe your conclusions and the general arguments you used to reach them after only one reading of your memo.

What are the various perspectives and arguments of each of the parties involved? What are some of the origins of the problem?

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Writing Assignments: In lieu of a semester-long research paper, you will be asked to write three (3) short
papers that integrate a minimum of two (2) mainstream media sources (the student is free to use more
than two if need be), covering the topic of your choice, so long as it is of a political
science/political/governmental topical nature and relevance. For each of your two sources, please choose
a hard news or feature article. Please do not use op-ed pieces (editorials, opinion columns, etc.). Also, do
not use short news clips from wire reports. Please make sure your source/article is that of a substantive
and detailed provider of information. For topics of international/national level, please select a print source
of a national/international-level circulation and audience. The New York Times, Los Angeles Times,
Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal and the Economist are all excellent
sources from which to draw. Some strong online-based sources include BBC World, NPR.org, and
CNNworld. These publications have their own staff-writers in various bureaus throughout the world.
Thus, they can provide you with a lot more detailed analysis, hard news and topic background than can
newspapers with only a local/regional-level circulation.
Next, write a 3-4 page summary and analysis on this topic, addressing the following criteria: (1) Give a
detailed and complete background and synopsis of the topic. What is the conflict(s)? What are the various
perspectives and arguments of each of the parties involved? What are some of the origins of the problem?
What are some possible solutions for conflict resolution (from the different perspectives of the various
political actors involved)? (2) Give a source comparison analysis comparing the information offered on
each of the two sources. Which source gives more detail? Is there a particular bias with one source? Which
source(s) would be more dependable source with regard to selection, bias, detail, etc.? What are some of
the contents and passages from the sources that support your evaluations? These are the questions you
will be asked to address with each paper. For every idea or words that are not your own, please cite
the author and/or the source. You are free to use any of the major citation styles (MLA, APA,
Turabian/Chicago style). Just be sure to be consistent and, again, cite sources. Cite sources for
any quotes you give. Cite for any statistical data and information you provide. Cite for any fact,
information or claim that is not common knowledge. Any opinions, assertions or arguments that
you might want to present, please do so by citing sources, as well as providing evidence and facts
from these sources, which are more authoritative in expertise than you. Papers which include
opinions or arguments that lack such evidence and sources, and are based on just anecdotal
experiences, or your “gut” feeling shall be docked in points. Each assignment is worth five points.
Each assignment is worth five (5) points. Late assignments will be docked one (1) point for every calendar
day that a paper is not turned in after the original due date.

Discuss the differences between conservative and liberal views on domestic policy.

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1. Like every state, Texas is made up of cities, towns and communities. However, it is also a state and must balance local independence (letting local folks make decisions) with state law. Where do you think that balance should be- with local governments (Mayors and City Councils) or with state government (Governor and the Legislature)? Do you think it should vary by policy area?
2. Domestic Policy
Read chapter 13 of the attached text, We the People, and view the youtube video, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fA9Lm-7VAM&feature=emb_logo) thereafter, discuss the differences between conservative and liberal views on domestic policy.
Write a minimum of one paragraph each of the two topics above.

Write a research paper on one problem/issue that confronts urban politics of your choice.

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You are to write a research paper on one problem/issue that confronts urban
politics of your choice. You are expected to write a 8-10 page paper that addresses the
issue, includes differing points of view, and offers your recommendations to solve the
problem.

Describe Arendt’s grasp on the concept, and practice, of civil disobedience.

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Spend some time gathering your thoughts, reviewing your notes, and, perhaps, revisiting some of the more striking passages in Crises of the Republic. Next, respond to the two items below. When appropriate and instructive to your claims, cite directly to Arendt’s work.

(1) Lying in Politics. What is it about politics as a category of human activity that makes it so susceptible to the practice of lying and deception on the part of public officials? What, in your view, are Hannah Arendt’s distinct contributions to this subject? What are Arendt’s conclusions about the overall effects of pervasive lying on citizens’ relationship with government and the political process?

(2) Civil Disobedience. Describe Arendt’s grasp on the concept, and practice, of civil disobedience. Recall that her view of civil disobedience varies from that of previous authors. Extend your discussion into Arendt’s treatment of the role of “voluntary associations” as influences on the course of law and policy in our democracy. What characteristics, perhaps failures, of national government — Congress and the judiciary, for example — seem to make these “voluntary associations” so important?

Explain the development of critical theory from conflict theory and Marx.

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Learning Content: (2 citation minimum for each content)

Assignment Requirements: Your discussion post (your response to the prompt) must include 2 citation minimum for each piece of the Learning Content.  (can only use sources from the learning content provided). It must be cited APA format to receive credit. Students will be graded on how well they understand the course concepts and content. The use of ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES will result in an automatic zero. Similarly, no in-text citations will result in an automatic 0. They will be graded on substance and quality of feedback and discourse.

Prompt: Explain the development of critical theory from conflict theory and Marx. In your response explain how does theory differ from ideology, and the specific aspects of critical race and gendered theory.  Then evaluate and analyze Jeff Share’s contention about why we use critical theory and its relation to privilege.

 

 

 

Identify and define your personal leadership characteristics in the context of any one of the five theoretical approaches discussed in the leadership chapter.

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KINDLY DO NOT USE OTHER SOURCES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION FIRST USE ALL THE MATERIAL I SEN YOU PLEASE.1. Identify and define your personal leadership characteristics in the context of any one of the five theoretical approaches discussed in the leadership chapter.

2. Conduct an Internet search of a current event identifying a political figure and determine what trait factors (See “Bernard Bass Trait Factors Appearing in Three or More Leadership Studies” sidebar) the leader is displaying. Ensure you outline the traits as they affect the followers and the situation that marks the event.

3. Please submit the name of the person you will be doing your leadership analysis on. Include a few sentences about why you chose this particular person for your case study.

VERY IMPORTANT:
W needs to use my source ONLY because I READ all the material and attached my outline alone and my notes with the paper. Therefore, the information needs to match with the paper and I read the paper carefully before I handle it to my professor so I know if outside sources were used.
AND DO NOT USE personal information such as the W name or gender ethnic or something of that nature professor know me pretty well.

you need to analyze a specific quote (with page number) rather
than summarize the entire reading. Also, do not move to quickly to comparisons; instead, try to
first develop your own understanding of the issue, and then make connections or divergences
with other issues. Lastly, avoid making generalizations, exaggerations, and using non-scholarly
language.

Find out how the human interest in agriculture has been expanding where it shapes a huge part of the 21st century evolvement.

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Paper Topic:            1.  Food Security – Famines

My paper deals with the food security-taking place across the globe, my goal is to find out how the human interest in agriculture has been expanding where it shapes a huge part of the 21st century evolvement. The importance of food security is a result of a continuous increase in the population, which requires a surge in food production to fill in the gaps of population versus production. These apertures should be occupied through agricultural activities and exporting food from surrounding regions.

Securing national food security and developing a strategy to ensure famine is put to an end and nutrition is spread through a complete organization that focuses on reducing food waste. The search of international cooperation’s that have similar interests in recycling and treating waste in addition to discovering various food banks. The goal is to find out how food security is correlated with the economic and political relations and what is related to developmental decisions with the escalation of the national famine pandemic.

The UAE is one of the countries trying to develop their agricultural needs in terms of exporting and importing food compared to the whole world through modern agriculture and investment, locating the best lands for agronomic purposes across the globe to ensure self sufficiency is obtained. In 2018 the UAE launched the national food security strategy aiming to develop a national food security system with a target strategy to ensure food security. This strategy will define the components of the national food commodity based on three main components, which are:

  1. Signifying the volume of domestic consumption
  2. The ability to produce and manufacture
  3. Nutritional needs

The goal from this strategy is to rank the UAE as one the best in the world food security index by 2051.

 

After World War II, what were the three main concerns driving efforts to rebuild European countries?

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Compose an essay that answers each of the questions below. Each response is worth up to five points. The exam has a total of 50 possible points. Your responses are due before the beginning of class on Monday, September 14th . Load your exam responses into the blackboard assignment site.

  1. After World War II, what were the three main concerns driving efforts to rebuild European countries?
  2. Explain James Sheehan’s concept of the “Civilian State.” How did the rise of the civilian state assist in the development of the European Union?
  3. Briefly explain how the European Union (Communities) began. Which were the original founding members? Why these countries? Why didn’t other countries participate?
  4. What were the first institutions of European integration and what were their purposes? Why did European leaders focus on integration in these areas and not others?
  5. Who were some of the principal figures in the founding of the different “communities?” What was their background?
  6. What were the possible ways considered by the principal figures to pursue European integration. Which options did they pursue/not pursue, and why?
  7. What does it mean to say that the EU is more than an Intergovernmental Organization and less than a Supranational Authority?
  8. Consider Neo-Functionalism, Liberal Intergovernmentalism and Federalism. Explain the factors each approach identifies as the main driver of integration.
  9. What is Leon Lindberg’s concept of spillover, and how does it apply to the EU?
  10. How does Simon Hix challenge the way European integration is understood?

What has been the impact of NATO on the propensity for nations to go to war?

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Let’s compose a short essay on NATO. What has been the impact of NATO on the propensity for nations to go to war? Include both Cold War and post-Cold War examples. What did NATO do when Russia moved into Ukraine’s Crimea region? Use your textbook, the Mearsheimer article, and the printed case study for reference material.

In your third paragraph, reflect on how different perspectives (Realist, Liberal Marxist, or Constructivist) might see this issue differently,