Instructions
You are a lobbyist for an issue that you find important. For example, you would like to see the banning of smoking in federal buildings (Note: This policy has already been enacted.) You are going to make an informational pamphlet to highlight your points to prominent members of Congress. Research members of Congress that you will target in your lobbying. Explain why these members are critical to your goal. Make a plan of action and produce a pamphlet supporting your cause. Who will you be reaching out to? Why? Write a cover letter to a Congressional member and include your reasoning for reaching out to them in particular in the letter. Remember a lobbyist is only as good as the information they provide. A lobbyist who provides incomplete or unreliable information will soon be unemployed, or lose access to officials.
Cover letter should:
Follow a standard business format
Correctly address your Congressperson
Use the correct postal address
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Research Paper on Interest Groups
Please select one of the following topics found on the list below concerning interest groups and the issues they represent. You can review what interest groups do by referring to Chapter 11 in your textbook.
For instance, if you happen to choose gay rights, you have to research at least one interest group that supports gay rights (e.g. National Gay & Lesbian Task Force) and at least one interest group that opposes anti gay rights (e.g. Traditional Values Coalition).
You must then research the websites of the interest groups representing the issue you have selected to write about. The interest groups you select must be from the United States.
In your paper you must answer/summarize the following:
1. Define what an interest group is.
2. What is your opinion on the issue you chose to research? (no more than two paragraphs should be devoted to this section)
3. Summar
Research Paper on Interest Groups
Please select one of the following topics found on the list below concerning interest groups and the issues they represent. You can review what interest groups do by referring to Chapter 11 in your textbook.
For instance, if you happen to choose gay rights, you have to research at least one interest group that supports gay rights (e.g. National Gay & Lesbian Task Force) and at least one interest group that opposes anti gay rights (e.g. Traditional Values Coalition).
You must then research the websites of the interest groups representing the issue you have selected to write about. The interest groups you select must be from the United States.
In your paper you must answer/summarize the following:
1. Define what an interest group is.
2. What is your opinion on the issue you chose to research? (no more than two paragraphs should be devoted to this section)
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https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-good-stuff/where-does-your-trash-end-up/
1. What is this video about? Please provide an unbiased summary.
2. How does this relate to political economic concepts in this module? (i.e. what does it have to do with things like: mixed economies, externalities, public goods, inequality, etc.)
3. In what way could government potentially act to address the issue in the video that you watched?
4. What might explain why action to address the problem has not happened yet?
In a 5 page paper, please address these questions in their entirety. Merely answering each question in isolation from one another is insufficient for full credit. What I expect from you is for you to form a thesis that binds your thoughts together. While no outside sources are required, you must cite any source you use, and I expect you to reference the material presented in both lecture and from the book. The paper should be 5 pages, double spaced, with 1 inch margins, 12 point font, and a widely used font (no odd fonts that either decrease or increase your papers length) Times New Roman, Calibiri, Arial are all appropriate.
Questions:
How has the fear of a strong central government influenced the creation of our government, and how does that fear shape contemporary politics? How should the government ensure that the rights of both the majority and the minority are protected? What specific rights do you feel are under threat? What justification does the
I was asked to do a research paper for political science , however I was asked To add an area or two that answer questions, such as how politics impact law as it pertains to capital punishment. Or, differences in governments globally (regimes, etc).
Prompt
Based mostly on the reading and lectures in this class, write an original paper of 6 double-spaced pages in length. This paper will be addressed to a current member of Congress, focused on a single public policy issue. The paper should achieve three things:
The paper should explain the issue in detail (1 to 2 pages);
The paper should describe the issue's connection to different parts of government (4 pages); and,
The paper should encourage the member to take a particular course of action (1 page).
You are required to base the paper around only ONE of these two issues:
The problem of the materials economy (Story of Stuff)
Government's response to the pandemic (COVID-19)
You are required to use at least three chapters in the American Government textbook as supporting evidence, and whatever material from the assignments you find helpful. Although not a requirement, you may cite popular news sources, but they should be reputable journalistic sources
Do you think the nature of US intervention in Latin America during the post-independence to WWII period differed from intervention during the Cold War? If so, how? If not, why? Reference at least one concrete example of US intervention from each period to support your argument.
To answer this question, you are encouraged to think about the goals and objectives of the United States at the time of intervention, the broader international context, and the political orientation and development of the Latin American countries that experienced US intervention.
Also look at this youtube video as a reference in essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot7hLvxHW4s
Please write 5 one page double spaced typed entries that consist of critical and analytical responses (not summary) to 5 different current events on this news program- please visit democracynow.org Please apply key course concepts to a current event. Please underline the key terms from the course in each entry (at least 3 core concepts from the course.)
Instructions:
You must write an essay (500 words minimum) in which you address the following two questions or topics:
The fundamental values that inform how are democratic government is legitimated and organized are enshrined on the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution of the United States.
1.Identify and discuss the basic ideals and principles of American democracy and how they are applied in our republican form of government.
Those ideals and principles are discussed in the first and second chapters of your textbook. You can also visit the following websites to read the original document in which these fundamental values were first stated and how they were later incorporated in the American Constitution:
The Declaration of Independence: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
The Constitution of the United States: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transrpt
2.Identify the most important Supreme Court case
