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Is voting (rights, districting, etc.) currently consistent with the Supreme Court’s decisions in the Baker and Reynolds cases? Explain, based on the textbook chapter on those cases and two articles

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Assignment Instructions
Select one of the questions to answer. Based entirely on the sources, answer the question. Clearly identify which information came from which source.

2-4 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margin all around. In addition, have a separate Works Cited page listing your two sources (author, article title, website/journal/newspaper/magazine title, date). Use paragraphs and proofread for proper spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.

Questions and Sources

A. Voting
Question: Is voting (rights, districting, etc.) currently consistent with the Supreme Court’s decisions in the Baker and Reynolds cases? Explain, based on the textbook chapter on those cases and two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Voting rights – Supreme Court (Links to an external site.)

2. Voting rights (Links to an external site.)

3. Voting rights – Georgia (Links to an external site.)

4. Voting rights – Texas (Links to an external site.)

5. “New Jim Crow” voting laws (Links to an external site.)

6. Republicans defend voting laws (Links to an external site.)
7. Defense of Georgia law (Links to an external site.)

8. Germander (Links to an external site.)

9. Redistricting and Supreme Court (Links to an external site.)

10. Redistricting and Republicans (Links to an external site.)

11. Supreme Court and Politics (Links to an external site.)

B. Sullivan Case
Question: Should the Sullivan case be overturned? Explain, based on the textbook chapter on the case and two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. South Carolina (Links to an external site.)

2. Reason (Links to an external site.)

3. NY Times (Links to an external site.)

4. CNN (Links to an external site.)

5. American Bar (Links to an external site.)

6. Medium (Links to an external site.)

C. Secession
Question: Can states legally secede? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Virginia (Links to an external site.)

2. Texas (Links to an external site.)

3. American Conservative (Links to an external site.)

D. Original Intent?
Question: Should the Constitution be interpreted as the writers intended or is it a living document which changes over time? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Constitution Center (Links to an external site.)

2. Northwestern (Links to an external site.)

3. Chicago (Links to an external site.)

4. Time: Gorsuch (Links to an external site.)

E. Original Intent: First Amendment
Question: What was the original intent of the founders regarding the First Amendment? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Richmond (Links to an external site.)

2. Mother Jones (Links to an external site.)

3. Constitution Center (Links to an external site.)

4. Virginia (Links to an external site.)

5. Varsity Tutors (Links to an external site.)

6. Middle Tennessee (Links to an external site.)

7. Library of Congress

By using two of the theories that you learned in the course, explain the root causes of your conflict case in detail. Do not forget to elaborate on the theory’s main assumptions, arguments.

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Conflict Theory

Your theory paper should be 5-7pages long, double space, 12-point font. Pick an ongoing or a frozen conflict (you can work on the same conflict that you had worked earlier for your conflict mapping assignment or you can work on another one) and apply two theories you learned so far in the course into your analysis. These theories range from Galtung’s Structural Violence to Azar’s Protracted Social , from Realist Paradigm to Globalisation, from Greed to Grievance. The main question you should ask to answer in the paper is “which of the two conflict theories have the potential to explain the root causes of the conflict that I am analyzing?”

The paper will have 3 sections: Introduction, Theoretical Analysis I and II, and Conclusion.

Introduction: In 1-2 sentences, introduce your conflict topic, and in 1-2 sentences, introduce what you are going to write in your paper (max a half-page long).

Theoretical Analysis: By using two of the theories that you learned in the course, explain the root causes of your conflict case in detail. Do not forget to elaborate on the theory’s main assumptions, arguments, etc. and then explain how these apply to your case.

Conclusion: Summarize what you discussed in your paper. Don’t discuss anything new in this part.

Sources you may find an ongoing conflict to work on:

10 Conflicts to Watch in 2022, Crisis Group
https://www.crisisgroup.org/global/10-conflicts-watch-2022

10 Conflicts to watch in 2022, Chatham House
https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/members-event/10-conflicts-watch-2022

The top 10 crisis that the World Cannot Ignore in 2022, International Rescue Committee
https://www.rescue.org/article/top-10-crises-world-cant-ignore-2022

Analyze the practical pressures affecting public sector budgeting designed to delivering public goods and services. Evaluate the consequences of two externalities and their impact on public sector budgeting.

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Pressures Affecting Public Budgeting

In an evaluation, assess the pressures affecting public sector budgeting designed to delivering public goods and services, evaluate the consequences of two externalities and their impact on public sector budgeting, and suggest the most practical way to study the fiscal impact of public sector budgeting
Thread Outline – Use bolded statements as headings in your thread.

I. Analyze the practical pressures affecting public sector budgeting designed to delivering public goods and services.

II. Evaluate the consequences of two externalities and their impact on public sector budgeting.

III. Suggest the most practical way to study the fiscal impact of public sector budgeting.

A public good is a good or service that can be consumed simultaneously by everyone and from which no one can be excluded, even if they do not pay for it themselves. It generally is paid for by a third party such as the government (taxes). Public goods pose a free-rider problem that occurs when those who benefit from a public good (such as public roads or hospitals), or services do not pay for them or under-pay.

A private good is one for which those who do not pay for it can be excluded.
Externalities are a consequence of a governmental activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the cost of the goods or services involved. Externalities by nature often are environmental. Some examples of negative externalities include:

  •  Air pollution
  • Water pollution
  • Farm animal production
  • Passive smoking.
  • Traffic congestion
  • Noise pollution

Market failure is an inefficient allocation of resources. Government failure occurs when government intervention results in a more inefficient and wasteful allocation of resources. Budgetarily, governments can intervene (1) through taxes and through subsidies.

Identify an issue that involves federalism, then conduct research on how both the US federal government and Texas state government addressing it.

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Joint law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking

Identify an issue that involves federalism, then conduct research on how both the US federal government and Texas state government addressing it (this requires examining the history, application and effectiveness of laws at both levels).

Step 2 – Gathering Sources

Conduct research to locate three peer-reviewed academic journal articles (aka: scholarly sources) that specifically address the policy issue that you selected and meet the following criteria:

Books will not count toward the minimum research requirements.
Carefully choose those sources that provide a variety of perspectives on your selected topic.
In addition to the minimum research requirements, you should offer “supplemental sources” for essential current events information relevant to your topic. These may include academic sources that are not peer-reviewed (position papers), newspaper articles, magazine articles, and other quality or reputable sources.
Textbooks, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (including Wikipedia), Almanacs, or an Atlas are reference materials and are not considered peer-reviewed.
Provide the formal MLA citation for each source, both in the essay and on the works cited page.

Step 3 – The Proposal

Submit a one-page proposal to the appropriate dropbox by the date specified in the course calendar. The proposal is to contain the following:

Identify the topic in a single paragraph by:
Include a bibliography listing the three primary sources. The citations are to be formatted using MLA citation style.
Summarize the policy topic you will be addressing.
Describe the current status of the policy or topic.
Describe why the policy is important.
A model proposal has been provided in Brightspace.
Revise and Resubmit Policy: The purpose of the proposal process is for your instructor to confirm that 1) you have selected three appropriate peer-reviewed journal articles and 2) that you have selected an appropriate topic. Additionally, it allows your instructor to give you feedback on your writing (grammar, sentence composition, punctuation, and spelling) as well as your use of proper MLA citation formatting.

Should you submit a proposal that does not address a topic that meet the criteria, or does not have three peer-reviewed journal articles, you will be asked to “revise and resubmit” the assignment. In such cases, each revision will be deducted 10 points and after 4 attempts the assignment will earn a zero and will be considered incomplete.

Part 2: Final Draft

Your task will be to prepare a formal research paper regarding the selected policy. The assignment is to be 4 pages with in-text citations for your research (the cover page and reference page does not count towards the four pages). The essay is to discuss each of the following prompts:

An introduction and brief overview of the policy relationship.
What are the major issues facing each level of government?
What are the reasons for initiating changes to the policy?
What are the options to be considered (discuss several)?
What are the pros and cons of each potential reform (costs v. benefits)?
Which is the best option moving forward (pick one)?

Identify the study design. Discuss the theoretical framework for the study. Explain the implementation strategy. Explain how collaboration will play a role in the implementation of this study. Explain what data will be collected.

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Applying Epidemiological Methods to an Intervention Study

Instructions

Propose an intervention to address an identified public health issue in your community of interest. Review a minimum of five previous intervention studies, and propose one intervention study that would be the best solution to address the problem and how you will manage implementation of the intervention.

Your proposed intervention should include the following information:

Background Information.
What is the intervention?
Why is this evidence translatable?
Who is the target population?
What is the rationale this intervention would be the solution to the problem?

Methodology.
Identify the study design.
Discuss the theoretical framework for the study.
Explain the implementation strategy.
Explain how collaboration will play a role in the implementation of this study.
Explain what data will be collected.
Explain how the data will be analyzed.
Discuss the potential ethical issues that may impact the intervention.
Discuss the IRB process for the study.
Include the proposed time to see the results of the intervention.

Results/Conclusion.
What are the expected outcomes and impact? Is the problem decreased or eliminated?
What are the conclusions of this study in addressing this problem?
What are the strengths and limitations of this study?
Who will you share the findings with?
How will these findings be disseminated?

Contingency steps should the proposed intervention method for the identified problem fail.
What would you change in your intervention strategy?
Would you conduct more research?
Would you try the intervention strategy again?
Would you choose another intervention? Why?

Discuss how your data collection and analysis plan will answer your research questions: What are the potential confounders in your study? How will you minimize confounding bias?

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Data Collection and Analysis

Discuss how your data collection and analysis plan will answer your research questions:

What are the potential confounders in your study?
How will you minimize confounding bias?

Based on your findings, describe at least two of the functional health pattern strengths noted in the findings. Discuss three areas in which health problems or barriers to health were identified.

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Family Health Assessment Part I

Assessment Description
Understanding family structure and style is essential to patient and family care. Conducting a family interview and needs assessment gathers information to identify strengths, as well as potential barriers to health. This information ultimately helps develop family-centered strategies for support and guidance.

This family health assessment is a two-part assignment. The information you gather in this initial assignment will be utilized for the second assignment in Topic 3.

Develop an interview questionnaire to be used in a family-focused functional assessment. The questionnaire must include three open-ended, family-focused questions to assess functional health patterns for each of the following:

Values/Health Perception
Nutrition
Sleep/Rest
Elimination
Activity/Exercise
Cognitive
Sensory-Perception
Self-Perception
Role Relationship
Sexuality
Coping

Select a family, other than your own, and seek permission from the family to conduct an interview. Utilize the interview questions complied in your interview questionnaire to conduct a family-focused functional assessment. Document the responses as you conduct the interview.

Upon completion of the interview, write a 750-1,000-word paper. Analyze your assessment findings. Submit your questionnaire as an appendix with your assignment.

Include the following in your paper:

Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the family composition, race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment.

Summarize the overall health behaviors of the family. Describe the current health of the family.

Based on your findings, describe at least two of the functional health pattern strengths noted in the findings. Discuss three areas in which health problems or barriers to health were identified.

Describe how family systems theory can be applied to solicit changes in family members that, in turn, initiate positive changes to the overall family functions over time.

Cite at least three peer-reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria.

Pick one of the skills and describe a new strategy that you have used with success to address this skill. Explain with enough details for everyone to get a clear sense on how and when to use this strategy.

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Non-Fiction Standards

Choice A – Chapter 6: [Label your response Chapter 6] Consider a strategy described in the chapter for each of the identified reading skills (Skills: Previewing Texts, Activating Prior Knowledge, Determining Main Ideas, Organizing Information, Understanding Maps, Interpreting Graphs, Analyzing Charts, and Summarizing Key Concepts). Pick one of the skills (see list above) and describe a new strategy (not mentioned in the text) that you have used with success to address this skill. Explain with enough details for everyone to get a clear sense on how and when to use this strategy.

Write a critique of the reading(s).  What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument?

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Social Geography Assignment

Write a critique of the reading(s).  What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument? Was it supported with evidence? Describe what the reading(s) mean to you.

Develop and apply research skills appropriate to the requirements of the unit and discipline. Understand how the concepts of related management disciplines are applied in the development of Reverse Logistics problems.

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Managing Reverse Logistics

Write a minimum of 2 pages APA style Case study review in a memorandum format, on the following statement:

1. To complete this Case Study: Reverse Logistics primarily concerns itself with recovering material and/or economic value from products which are at the end of their useful life. This class will familiarize participants with motives, theory, and practical application, using a variety of sources including textbooks and case studies as well as scientific literature.

2. Review Managing Reverse Logistics reading text and specifically, CH 3 Case studies. Choose a case Study, review the information and pull together the past exercises to develop your methodology and supporting methods to either agree or disagree with the Case Study. Explain your reasoning in an APA style paper of 1-2 pages. Write your Case study in a memorandum format, with a business header, Include the Case Study problem statement; You do not need to post Case Study Response to the Discussion Folder, You will be graded on Content, Understanding, Timeliness, Critical Thinking, Correctness of Writing.

– Readings: SPMR – Managing Reverse Logistics deBrito – CH 3; LO – 1-13

– Read readings your chosen Case Study.

– Post your Case Study to the Assignments Folder

– Then read your Case Study.

– Identify, assess, analyze and solve problems related to supply chain management Issues.

Understand the concepts and vocabulary of the Reverse Logistics discipline
– Develop and apply research skills appropriate to the requirements of the unit and discipline.

– Understand how the concepts of related management disciplines are applied in the development of Reverse Logistics problems.

– Understand and apply the concepts learned to L&SCM problems and support their solutions with logical argument.

– Communicate an understanding of the unit’s concepts and their application in written and verbal/ presentation media.

– To develop individual intellectual inquiry and application skills.

– To demonstrate the realization of these outcomes by achieving an adequate overall standard in the assessment process.