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Readings:Hudson, W. E. (2017). American democracy in peril: Eight challenges to America’s future (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Chapter 6, “The Sixth Challenge: The ‘Privileged Position’ of Business” (pp. 219-256)Chapter 8, “The Eighth Challenge: The National Security State” (pp. 301-348) Shafritz, J. M., Lane, K. S., & Borick, C. P. (Eds.). (2005). Classics of public policy. New York, NY: Pearson Education.Chapter 5, “The Political Economy of Public Policy”Capitalism and Freedom (1962) (pp. 185–189) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. (2006). Don’t be a prisoner to empty promises: Prison privatization: The five empty promises. Retrieved from http://www.afscme.org/news-publications/publications/privatization/pdf/Prison-1.pdf Clemmitt, M. (2012, July 13). Privatizing the military. CQ Researcher, 22(25), 597–620. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Hacker, J. S., & Pierson, P. (2010). Winner-take-all politics: Public policy, political organization, and the precipitous rise of top incomes in the United States. Politics & Society, 38(2), 152–204. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Kosar, K. R. (2006). Privatization and the federal government: An introduction. CRS Report for Congress (Order Code RL33777). Retrieved from http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33777.pdf  Milward, H. B., Provan, K. B. (2000). Governing the hollow state. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 10(2), 359–379. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSPE). (n.d.) Information resources. Retrieved September 3, 2014, from http://ncspe.org/info-res.php  MediaSandel, M. (Speaker). (2013). Why we shouldn’t trust markets with our civic life. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_why_we_shouldn_t_trust_markets_with_our_civic_lifeHudson, W. E. (2017). American democracy in peril: Eight challenges to America’s future (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Chapter 3, “The Third Challenge: Radical Individualism” (pp. 103-135)Chapter 7, “The Seventh Challenge: Economic Inequality” (pp. 257-300)Shafritz, J. M., Lane, K. S., & Borick, C. P. (Eds.). (2005). Classics of public policy.New York, NY: Pearson Education.Chapter 4, “Agenda Setting”Up and Down with Ecology: The Issue-Attention Cycle (1972) (pp. 137–147) Anderson, K. (2012, July 3). The downside of liberty. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/opinion/the-downside-of-liberty.html