The Constitution created a government to take on important responsibilities, which necessitated the creation of departments, bureaus, and agencies (the bureaucracy).  Consider your own experiences and reflect on the textbook to offer a strength and a weakness of a federal bureaucracy entity as it exists today.  Be specific with your examples.  Consider the following questions in your post.  What is the goal of the government entity?  What […]

Assignment Objectives:  Enhance and/or improve critical thinking and media literacy skills by:                                  1. Developing a clear and concise thesis statement (an argument) in response to the                                      following question: Does the film have […]

Public Administrative Environments /Managing People through Change The City Manager has hired you as the Chief of Staff for your local government and has contacted you regarding the following issues concerning various governmental departments and external stakeholders: Issue 1: In the past year, citizen, department, and outside stakeholder complaints have been filed against the Department of Health administrators. Such complaints cited unprofessional leadership, unethical practices, […]

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 […]

Done by today at 10 pm   Watch the video clip “The Politics of Pot: Lobbying Congress for Legal Weed” and answer the question below –http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/video/inplay/the-politics-of-pot-lobbying-congress-for-legal-weed/2013/08/22/ee679c26-0b74-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_video.html (Please keep in mind that the current administration has recently signaled a departure from the policy referenced in this video.) 1. Based on public opinion polls, how has support for the legalization of marijuana changed since 1969? a) increased […]

1.Using proper MLA bibliographic formatting, cite the film text in the box to the right: http://www.bibme.org/citation-guide/MLA/film 2.Develop a thesis statement pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to […]

  Watch the Federalism Video and review the text to respond to the following questions below.  (You will need to search on the title of the clip, called “Gun Control & State Sovereignty.”  It is from Season 9, Episode 52.) After completing the questions, you will be posting your responses as your initial discussion post. This initial post is due no later than Friday at […]

movie Boyz n the Hood 1.Develop a thesis statement pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay. Submit your […]

writing two different paper each of 300 words. I have suggested that we should engage and be engaged by those persons who see and understand the world differently from those who sit comfortably within a dominant we society so that we might (re)imagine or discover a new place for democratic politics. And as film-goers who find ourselves more susceptible emotionally to the stimuli presented in […]

 6. In their discussion of justice in Book III of Cicero’s      “On the Commonwealth” Philus, Laelius and Scipio repeat some of the      argument about justice that Plato and Socrates develop in the Republic.  Compare and contrast discussions of justice in these two texts. In what ways is Philus’ argument similar to those made by Thrasymachus and Glaucon in Books I and II of the Republic? […]