Instructions
Before you begin this assignment, make sure that you read Chapter 1, paying special attention to the section titled, Mode of Enquiry Perspective.

You are the assistant fire chief of a fire department in a growing suburban metropolitan area. The department currently has four stations and 57 full-time employees. Because of the growth of the area, an additional fire station must be built. The city manager has tasked the fire chief with conducting research to determine the best place to build the new fire station and how to staff new fire apparatus once it opens. The fire chief, in turn, is delegating some of the responsibility of completing the initial research to you.

Using knowledge that you have gained from this unit, compare and contrast the three approaches to research (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods), and provide an overview to the fire chief about how she can best approach addressing the city manager's request.

Be sure to address t

Please write a 5-page paper in response to ONE of the following questions. Papers must be typed and double-spaced. Use a 12-point font and one-inch margins. When quoting or paraphrasing the text, please cite the page number you are quoting or paraphrasing. Plagiarism on any assignment, including rough drafts, will earn you a failing grade for the assignment in question.

Question.
Socrates believes a city is a partnership in justice where all that is common is shared. Yet political power is not shared. Why is power not shared, and does its not being shared undermine the larger partnership in justice that Socrates envisions?


There is no need for footnotes or endnotes in this paper. Merely cite,at the end of the sentence, both the title of the book (in italics) and the page you citing. There is no need for secondary sources.

Memos The memos are short persuasive essays (2.5-3.5 pages; 12 pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins). In your memos, you need to take a critical position on some aspect of the readings. State a clear thesis, support the thesis with clear evidence and arguments in roughly 3 paragraphs. Reserve one paragraph to consider what counter-arguments someone who disagrees with you would make and to address those potential counter- arguments and explain why you stand by your thesis (we will discuss some strategies for doing this). Have a short concluding paragraph.

Avoid flowery or needlessly complicated language and do not digress from your argument. Simple and direct is the best way to do this. You can model your memos on op-ed pieces you see in some of the best newspapers. You are welcome to make a normative argument (i.e. to say that something should be the case rather than that it is the case), but you need to support the argument appropriately. Do not simply moralize without suppor

Question 1:

In 2019 The Economist  (Economist Intelligence Unit) drew much attention by downgrading the United States to a flawed democracy.  It is fair to classify the United States as a flawed democracy why or not? Provide examples


Question 2:

After the passage of the Voting Right Act, why did Voting Rights became a partisan issue?  Is there an event emblematic of this partisan turn? What complications arise when voting rights are a partisan issue?    Should the right to vote be viewed as a privilege or a fundamental right of citizens?

Question 3:

In the first presidential debate of 2020 President Trump stated "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by"  In addition, he encouraged his supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully."  What is the purpose of the call for poll watchers?  How have citizen poll watchers been used in the past in the United States?

NB: Please see DOC attached for deta

Essay Question:

A central thesis in peace and conflict research says that liberal democracies do not fight each other. Explain and give a critical analysis of the "democratic theory of peace".

NB! Please refer to sources in the text :)


Essay Outline:

Scope: The essay must be 2000 words (+/- 10%, excluding front page and references/ bibliography).

Format: 1.5 line spacing, 12 point font and margins. Remember to upload your answer as a word document.

Otherwise, remember to use the correct academic reference and follow the requirements for essay writing.

This presentation includes the following: a) a summary of the main points and arguments of the assigned reading material for the specific session b) your critical insights on that reading material, i.e., your own thoughts of agreeing or disagreeing and why. Also, the connections you could make between the given reading material and previous classes c) discussion questions and/or points that you think should be raised in class.

TOPIC [please include those]
Arab Conservatism and counterrevolutions of the Arab Spring
Emergence of counter-revolution axis
Conservatism & counter revolution
The Russian & Emirati model

This presentation includes the following: a) a summary of the main points and arguments of the assigned reading material for the specific session b) your critical insights on that reading material, i.e., your own thoughts of agreeing or disagreeing and why. Also, the connections you could make between the given reading material and previous classes c) discussion questions and/or points that you think should be raised in class.

TOPIC [please include those]
Arab Conservatism and counterrevolutions of the Arab Spring
Emergence of counter-revolution axis
Conservatism & counter revolution
The Russian & Emirati model

I need a 500 word brief about Nevadas open record laws. The Class Im taking is called info tech and politics. This is the class description so its easier to write:

This course examines the role of information in the political process. We will study information and information technologies both as outputs that result from political decisions and as inputs that affect political decisions. We will ask: How does the information generated through new technologies affect politics? Conversely, how does politics affect information technologies? We will study information in the decision-making process of elite political actors, such as campaign operatives, criminal investigators, and Members of Congress. We will also study information in the decision-making process of citizens, such as voters, mass mobilizers, and government reformers. Finally, we will grapple with political and moral issues related to information flows, such as privacy, innovation, and collective action.

I need a 500 word brief about Nevadas open record laws. The Class Im taking is called info tech and politics. This is the class description so its easier to write:

This course examines the role of information in the political process. We will study information and information technologies both as outputs that result from political decisions and as inputs that affect political decisions. We will ask: How does the information generated through new technologies affect politics? Conversely, how does politics affect information technologies? We will study information in the decision-making process of elite political actors, such as campaign operatives, criminal investigators, and Members of Congress. We will also study information in the decision-making process of citizens, such as voters, mass mobilizers, and government reformers. Finally, we will grapple with political and moral issues related to information flows, such as privacy, innovation, and collective action.

Please choose one of the following topics. As the readings are
provided here, you do not need to do a formal bibliography. However, you should
provide in-text references for any quotations or ideas taken directly from the readings.


1. Outline and assess the reforms to the Senate appointment process introduced by the
government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In your assessment, consider whether these
changes adequately address problems of democratic accountability and legitimacy of the
Senate.
Resources
You will find a description of the Trudeau governments process here:
https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/independent-advisory-board-for-senateappointments.html
Macfarlane, E. (2019). The Renewed Canadian Senate: Organizational Challenges and Relations
with the Government. IRPP Study 71. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy.
Heard, A. (2020). The Senate: A late blooming chameleon. In Bickerton & Gagnon, 81- 103.
Canadian