Category: Political science

Write 1000 words in response to the following question: Should socialism be thrown in the dust-bin of history?
The late 1980s and early 1990s featured a heated debate about exactly this questions, one whose arguments are still very much with us. Use readings from week 3 (on liberalism and neo-liberalism) and week 4 (on socialism and communism) to offer a response to this question. Ideally, your response should start with an account of what socialism is, before moving on to offer an argued response for whether you think it should be adopted, adapted, or altogether abolished!
Formatting Requirements: Font size 12 in Arial or Times New Roman; double-spaced; MLALinks to an external site. or ChicagoLinks to an external site. referencing style. Whichever you use, please be consistent! Grading Guidelines (as close to a rubric as it gets!): Format: 11 or 12-point font; Times or Times New Roman. Use your referencing style of choice for in-text citations and bibliography (Chicago Style, APA, APSA, etc.) but be consistent.
A range paper: This is a paper that offers a clear and compelling argument that tries to analyze, clarify, criticize, and/or compare one text/author/argument with another. It moves beyond the terminology used by the author/reading to offer an explanation and a synthesis of what the author means by the concepts they use, and how they connect these core concepts (such as: human nature, human flourishing, freedom, equality, happiness, progress, etc.) and how do these connections relate to those laid out by other authors. An A-paper may also be one that offers a criticism of the author’s argument, though it must provide a fair and accurate portrayal of that argument and recognize how the author might potentially respond to that criticism.
In terms of structure, a solid A paper should start with an introductory paragraph that outlines its major question/ thesis. All subsequent paragraphs should start with a topic sentence and conclude with a sentence that ties them up to the more general thesis of the paper. The concluding paragraph should wrap up your argument and reassert it in light of your discussion of the topic at hand. USE THE SOURCES PROVIDED AND INTEGRATE QUOTES INTO WRITTING

For this assignment, you will draft a detailed letter to a representative in the U.S. House
of Representatives or one of your U.S. Senators, or the U.S. president on a national
public policy issue in the United States. In the letter, you will ask the official to adopt a
specific position and to take some kind of action, such as proposing a piece of
legislation. Your letter must be around 1200-1500 words long, including the endnotes;
that would be around four to five pages, typed, double-spaced, using a 12-point
font, Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. There is no maximum length.
The letter is to be based on research. To begin with, choose a policy issue and
study it, so you can develop a strong argument for the position you advocate and
address possible objections or counter-arguments to your position. Basically, you will
define a problem (see below for some possible issues), then propose a solution,
support that solution with facts, and also against counter-arguments.
What needs to be in the letter
Remember that you are trying to persuade the official to support your position by the
strength of your arguments!
– (1) Begin with an introduction in which you state in the first two sentences what
specifically you want the official to do. In the rest of the first paragraph, preview
the argument that makes up the body of your letter (around 150 words)
– (2) In most of the body of the letter, give your argument for why the official
should act as you suggest. This should also have several parts:
– a) sketch the public problem, as you see it (150 words);
– b) describe the inadequacy of the actions taken on it to date (150 words);
– c) then argue for a course of action (e.g., passing a law or amendment to a
law, or adopting or changing a regulation), including an explanation of the
consequences you expect the law to have, giving many facts (with
citations). While you may include personal experiences as part of the
argument, it must be based primarily on your research. Spend at least 1.5
pages (450 words) on this part of the letter
– (3) Present some of the main counter-arguments or objections to your position.
Every issue has at least two sides. Some people will disagree with you for moral,
practical, or political reasons. If there are numerous counter-arguments, pick
several of the most compelling ones and explain them carefully. Note that there
is a danger of reducing the opposing side to a caricature. To avoid this, it is
essential to choose strong, not weak counter-arguments, be careful how you
paraphrase them and cite sources for them.
– (4) Give your answer (called a rebuttal) to the counter-arguments. Show the
official why the objections to your position are not convincing. Spend at least
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one page (around 300-400 words) on # 3 and # 4, presenting and rebutting the
counter-arguments.
– (5) Finish with a brief conclusion, no more than one paragraph.
– Overall, be sure your letter is well organized, using topic sentences to link
specific evidence (mostly factual) to your main claim at the start of the letter.
Topics
You must either choose one of the national topics listed here or get my approval
for a different national topic. Suggested keywords are included:
– Economy: jobs, unemployment, economic growth, inflation, wages
– Higher education policy: student loans, student financial aid, Pell grants
– K-12 education policy: NCLB, No Child Left Behind
– Energy policy: clean energy, renewable energy, nuclear energy, biofuels,
offshore
drilling, oil drilling in Alaska, ANWR
– Climate change policy: climate policy, global warming, climate change,
greenhouse gas
emissions, carbon trading, cap and trade, carbon fees
– Health policy: Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Medicare for all, health care
reform, Medicare, Medicaid, individual mandate, pre-existing conditions
– Immigration reform: immigration reform, guest workers, DREAM Act, the path
to citizenship, amnesty, immigration or border enforcement, comprehensive
immigration reform, deportations, birthright citizenship, the wall at the Mexican
border
– Foreign policy: Russia, China, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran and nuclear weapons,
ISIS, Iraq, military aid (Israel or Ukraine)
– Civil liberties: Privacy, abortion policy
– Civil rights: criminal justice reform, Voting Rights Act
– Elections: election procedures, voter ID, early voting, automatic voter
registration, D.C.
voting rights, former felon voting rights, foreign interference, campaign
contributions or finance, dark money, Electoral College Reform
– Judicial appointments: federal judges,
– Impeachment of the president (current or former)
Doing the research
You will need to research several things for this letter. First, you need to focus on
a particular part of the issue you have already identified. To narrow it down, do some
background reading. You can check CQ Researcher, it is a very detailed resource.
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Both include pro and con arguments on most issues and often mention specific
legislation. To get to these sources, CQ, you need to go through the library’s website
and there find databases then select CQ researcher.
Second, you need to identify specific legislation or a specific regulation to be the
topic of your letter. This can be something that others have already proposed, or it can
be your own proposal that you sketch out. To find legislation that has already been
proposed, you can use www.govtrack.us or thomas.loc.gov. The purpose here is to
propose a solution to the problem you identified earlier.
Third, you will go back to the sources in the above steps as you develop your
argument, find counterarguments, and rebut them. You also need to find at least two
scholarly sources. Overall, you must use and cite at least five sources for this letter.
Sources include:
– CQ Researcher;
– Scholarly sources (scholarly journal articles or scholarly books);
– Other sources (e.g., news articles, government documents, etc.)
A scholarly source is one that is published by a university press or in a scholarly
journal and cites its sources, most of which are also scholarly sources; scholarly
journal articles must be at least 5 pages long. If in doubt about what qualifies, ask me.
To get access to electronic journals, go to the library website.
Use 12-point font with one-inch margins and page numbers centered at the
bottom of the page. Proper citations and references must be used following the
American Political Science Association Style Manual, which can be found at.

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Proper citation is very important. Please make sure that you follow the guidelines!!
Note on plagiarism
If you are using sources from the Internet, be very careful to put the information
into your own words (paraphrase, do not copy). If you copy text from internet sources
into your letter, even if you change some of the words, turnitin.com will flag this in the
Originality Report and I will consider this plagiarism (unless it is a direct quote). Also,
do not reuse any text from your short assignments! This is a separate assignment, and
you need to write a fresh text, though you may use ideas from previous assignments.
Any plagiarism will result in a reduced grade (depending on severity of the plagiarism)
and in a report to the Office of Student Affairs. Final papers must be submitted to
Turnitin link on our class Blackboard page.
Although you must draw upon appropriate sources, your letter should consist of
analysis, argument, and/or interpretation in your own words. You may quote directly
not more than 10% of the entire letter, and when you quote, you must use quotation
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marks and cite the source   https://connect.apsanet.org/stylemanual/

This is a 15-page (Double-spaced) research paper that addresses the questions “What are the origins
and the dynamics of Chinese communism? Under what conditions did communism
arise and develop? In other words what key factors would explain the rise of communism
in the Chinese context?” My thesis statement is “The
origins and dynamics of the Chinese communist state are rooted in historical
grievances, particularly in relation to the geographical and climate conditions
as well as the ideological factors that have made way for a more centralized government.
This essay aims to explore the historical factors that have led to the modern
Chinese political regime as we see it today. This essay will examine the
relationship between the events that have happened in China’s history and how
that has shaped the government structure as well as the relationship between
government and civilians.” It needs to include 20 scholarly sources and reference the book Chinese politics and government by Sujian Guo (my Professor). 

Hello I would need to write a conflict report analysis on Nagrono-Kharabakh. I will include all the details and instructions needed in the attached files. 

I have to write a 15-paged paper on libertarianism, particularly how they view the govenrment’s role in crime and punishment; libertarians are against what the government has done, arguing that the government should only prevent others from causing harm to others, not paternalism.

Research Design: Students will prepare an 8-10 page research design/proposal. The design will
review the literature on a political science topic of the student’s choosing,
review the existing research on that topic,
formulate a research question (hypothesis), and
outline the steps that might be taken to provide an answer for that question (test the hypothesis).
Sources to use:
Akimkina, D., Khrustalev, Е., Baranova, N., & Loginova, D. (2021). Technology transfer of the military-industrial complex is a factor in increasing the science intensity of the civilian industry. In SHS Web of Conferences (Vol. 114, p. 01027). EDP Sciences.
Alley, J. (2023). Elite cues and public attitudes towards military alliances. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 67(7-8), 1537-1563. Coyne, C. J., & Goodman, N. P. (2022). The Military-Industrial Complex.
Garnett, J. (2021). The role of military power. In Contemporary Strategy (pp. 50-64). Routledge.
Kasimovich, S. O. (2023). MILITARY SERVICE PRIDE: NATIONAL UNITY AND SECURITY. American Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, 16, 72-
73.
Smith, D. T. (2015). From the military-industrial complex to the national security state. Australian Journal of Political Science, 50(3), 576-590.
Vine, D. (2021). The United States of war: a global history of America’s endless conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State (Vol. 48). Univ of California Press.

You must use Turabian/Chicago format, with a title page and abstract, Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced, one-inch margins.
4 scholarly sources, minimum.
You must use footnotes.
This paper is 5-6 pages in length, excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page.
NO websites are allowed, If you use websites, you will fail.
You may not use Chatgpt or you will fail.
Text: Food Fix: How to save our health, our economy, our communities, and our planet- one bite at a time. By Dr. Mark Hyman
Answer these questions:
Part 1:
What is the problem? Provide a background on food policy and what problems we face.
What are our current polices doing to our health, the economy, the environment, and our communities?
Part 2:
Choose 1 major policy (from the list)  Download (from the list)and research it. You will need 2 additional sources (scholarly) to support your assertions.
Now, explain that policy fix and how it can improve our health, the economy, the environment, and our communities.
What will it cost?
Is that policy fix being done anywhere else? What are results so far?
Part 3:
Choose 3 individual policies (from the list) Download (from the list)that college students can do daily to improve to fix our health, the economy, the environment, and our communities and explain them.
How will they impact health, the economy, the environment, and our communities? (use 2 additional scholarly articles to support your assertions).
Which changes are YOU willing to make? Why these? What changes are you not willing to make?
Major Polices:
Pages 61-63= 43
Reimburse food as medicine (prescribe food and not drugs)
Health savings accounts
Integrate food into healthcare
Pages 71-75= 51; 154-157= 106; 172-173= 117
Change food labels
Restrict marketing to kids
Do not allow sports teams and companies to market to kids or sponsor kids events (p. 83)
Limit screen time for kids
Pages 84-88= 59; 203= 138
Tax sugary foods
Use that tax to subsidize healthy foods (not sugar, soy, corn, wheat)
Pages 101-105= 70: change SNAP
Make nutrition key- so remove sugary items from approved list
Strengthen incentives to buy produce
Align SNAP and Medicaid (Medi cal)
Pages 150-154= 103; 247-249= 168:
Schools: introduce salad bars
Eliminate processed junk foods
Ban flavored milk
Support farm to school programs
Plant a garden in schools
Teach cooking skills to kids (k-12)
Individual policies:  
Pages 51-55= 36, 89= 62: make better food choices (which ones will you make, and which are you unwilling to make)
Stop buying sugary beverages (soda, juice)
Sugar detox (10 day plan- which I am willing to do with you and lead you through it should you want to do this)
Pages 123- 125= 84; 170-171= 116
Buy non-GMO foods
Buy organic
Use refillable containers
Buy locally sourced meats and produce (shop at local only stores and farmers markets)
Choose restaurants that do not use animal products raised with antibiotics

For this project you will be creating a nonprofit organization of your choice that addresses needs that are not being met by local and or state government in Nevada. This must be related to Nevada only or a city/town in Nevada. This organization should address some inadequacy that politicians or policies have failed to address. (homelessness, deficits in education and students needing more help outside of school, human trafficking victims/children, deaf community, victims of gun violence, mental health patients, domestic violence victims (men/women, abused children, patient advocacy for victims of the medical system, an awareness group of some sort pertaining to food safety etc.) These will be the steps that you will complete in order on a word document. No cover page or abstract required.
Step One: Organization Name
Step Two: Your Organization’s Mission (this will require research on your part to know what a mission should consist of.) 3-5 sentences minimum.
Step Three: Your Organization’s Vision/Purpose (what will your organization hope to accomplish?) 3-5 sentences minimum
Step Four: Pick five board members. These will not be specific people per say. You will have a Director and ideally four members (board member 1, CPA, etc.). What are their positions (Is one a lawyer? One an accountant?) For each person, please list their hypothetical title and what their qualifications should be. (degree requirement? years of experience? job history in nonprofit required? etc.) These should be quality descriptions of each person with no less than 5 sentences per person.
Step Five: Decide on the three programs that your organization will offer. You must have three distinct programs that you not only name, but provide a one paragraph description of each to receive full credit.
Step Six: Where will the money come from? (Donors, grants, government etc. – you will want to be specific about this). You need to be specific about where they money is coming from, why you chose this, and how it will be used.
Step Seven: 500 word reflection of this process and how you feel about it. Why is your non-profit important to the state of Nevada? If you were to present it in a hearing to the state legislature what would you say to be heard and to have your non-profit not only recognized, but supported? (A former student actually used this project to do just that)
Step Eight: Reference page with FULL APA citations that you use. You should have at least TWO scholarly sources. References are non-negotiable.

You should not have a bibliography and if you do include quotations you don’t need to reference them.
you’ll find all the readings you need attached and for more info i’ve attached the lectures.
you’ll find the instructions on the file named (exam guidance).
do not write less than 800 words and do not write more than 1200 words.

Paper’s main thesis must argue how the Supreme Court is the least democratic out of the three core institutions (Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court) and must be concluded with a recommendation on “how the democratic deficit associated with the institutions could or should be fixed/addressed”. The paper must also have “four credible academic sources (academic books/book chapters, journal articles, research papers, dissertations, monographs, ect)” however online sources can be used along with those 4 academic sources, along with the paper being a minimum of 2000 words (excluding bibliography).
Let me know if you need any other information and I can send it to you! I hope you have a great day 🙂