One of the dominant strategies in downtown development is to draw visitors (and/or residents) into the city. Cities have used a predictable playbook: constructing convention centers, stadiums, festival malls, etc. and using financial inducements (usually tax breaks) to draw in business partners. Examples from...
Blog Post on a Recent Article Introduction: Imagine you are a political writer with your own blog. You write about current events and what they mean for the U.S. government and its citizens. You have been asked to write a blog post of 2-3 typed...
You will choose three U.S. presidents who have had a substantial impact on U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Middle East and provide a concise but thorough analysis explaining the impact of each president’s policy in the region or at home. ***Caution—You may...
Discussion: Analyze the effects of the historical, social, political, economic, and cultural forces on politics and government. For this discussion, we will consider how gerrymandering currently affects Texas politics, and how gerrymandering has been used historically in Texas politics. Gerrymandering is a political strategy...
Define “interest group liberalism.” Explain how certain features or assumptions of interest group liberalism impact (or may impact) debate about the public policy you are exploring. How does (or could) your public policy research or advocacy respond...
Who might be stakeholders in critical incidents from a broad viewpoint? How or could these various stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities impact the overall success or failure of an incident? What steps can they take before, during, and after an incident to increase efficiency and effectiveness...
Over the years, we have tried lots of different things to "solve" poverty. From the programs of the New Deal down to Johnson's "War on Poverty," poverty is a perennial problem. Thinking about the policy discussion in Euchner and McGovern and Edwards and Imrie, the...
Waste in Government—always a nice term, sounds like it means something. What you will see as you go through these readings is the difficulty of agreement (as understood through public opinion polls)--what government waste means, or what we agree upon to exactly go after....
This year marks a century since the Balfour Declaration of 1917, one of the most important ‘unofficial’ documents published in the 20th Century. From the readings and your own research, discuss the key players (people, groups, or states) involved in mobilizing support for the document, their respective motives or expectations, and the document’s impact on the future of USFP...
Waste in Government—always a nice term, sounds like it means something. What you will see as you go through these readings is the difficulty of agreement (as understood through public opinion polls)--what government waste means, or what we agree upon to exactly go after....