Political Science

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The First Amendment defines freedom of speech stating that Congress is not to restrict the freedom of speech, press, or the right to assemble (Ivers, 2013). This does pertain to virtual freedom of speech as well, to an extent.  Virtual freedom and freedom are the same.  Though the first Amendment does not specify, it was […]

Each student is responsible for producing a research paper on mass incarceration in terms related to federal policy, rather than state policies. (state prisons have over 5 times the numbers of inmates in federal prison).  The paper is to be at least 2500 words in total length, which is about 5 single-spaced pages.  You are […]

  Assignment 3: Position Paper Due Week 8 and worth 220 points This is a continuation of the first and second assignments and uses your accumulated research. Imagine you are two different lobbyists, supporting two different sides of the policy issue you wrote about in Assignment 2. Submit your Assignment 1 and 2 revisions based […]

The weapons system described in Chapter 5 that is most critical to the safety and security of the United States are the Nimitz and Gerald Ford class aircraft carrier. “Inarguably, as an instrument of American diplomacy, power projection, and global security, the centerpiece of both today’s and the future naval force is the aircraft carrier” […]

As a veteran of the Air Force I am always partial to military jets, such as the F-22, F-16, A-10, and so on. But, for this discussion I would have to MQ-9 Reaper would be most critical to the safety and security of the United States and its citizens. I understand the debate that jobs […]

  create an outline and bibliography; the Outline should contain a thesis statement and the remainder should be a full sentence outline where you specifically show how your paper will flow comparing and contrasting the political views of two philosophers on  Human Conflict – the nature and causes thereof 

As discussed in this module, the federal government has various means of imposing economic ‘sanctions’ on states.  These are most often used to influence state policies within issue areas (e.g. traffic laws) where Congress does not have the Constitutional power to pass actual regulations. One way of thinking about such sanctions is that they are […]

In this assignment, you are expected to think critically. Below is a link to Edward Said’s interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVC8EYd_Z_g&t=15s  This piece is relevant to our discussion on research problems in comparative politics. You must write one page with a minimum of two paragraphs. In the first paragraph (three to five sentences) summarize the main argument and […]

  Assignment 4: PowerPoint Presentation Due Week 10 and worth 200 points Using Assignments 1, 2 and 3, create a 6-8 slide PowerPoint presentation in which you: Provide a historical perspective of the policy from Assignment 1. Describe the official and unofficial actors of the policy from Assignment 2. Present both of the positions of […]