Category: Political science

Paul Krugman criticizes Asia’s economic growth as a “myth”. What are the bases of the criticism? What is the political implication of the endogenous growth theory?

Essay should be detailed and understandable, references should be given at the end as well as Essay should be based on Current Ghana political space 

This paper should have 10 sources 
Each source should include one explanatory 
paragraph.
So it would be 10 paragraphs total 
You can find excellent examples of annotated bibliography examples at the website Purdue OWL. Here is the link: 
link: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html
. Primarily they should be selected from sites
that end with .gov, .edu, and or .org. There are plenty of great news sites like the Wall Street 
Journal and The New York Times as well. Think tanks such as the American Enterprise 
Institute and the Heritage Foundation offer 
scholarly sources as well. 

National security is always and issue in the United States. Here are the aspects and questions to address for this essay:
Identify a current policy problem for American national security, and then state a preferred policy solution to it and why it’s preferred (This is your thesis statement).
Briefly explain two competing solutions to this problem while addressing the responsibilities of each level of government (federal, state, and local) and the three branches of the federal government (executive, legislative, and judicial).
Build the argument for why your chosen solution is preferable, what critics say about the solution, and finally why the critics are wrong.
REQUIREMENTS:
750 word target length (about three pages), not including references listed at the end or footnotes if used.
Incorporation of concepts and terms from the required readings.
Inclusion of facts from a recent news article about the topic/solution.
Correct spelling, grammar, and formatting, whether it’s APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian.

Instructions
For this quiz, we’re going to try something different: you’ll be coming up with your own quiz questions!
Your assignment is to write the following types of questions, and,
for each question, provide the correct answer as well as an explanation
of the correct answer (why is this the correct answer?).
You will provide:
Three multiple choice questions with 4 answer options each;
One true/false question;
One open response question.
Good luck!

DQ #1.1 Can you explain Political Behavior? Due: June 12th-June 15th
Week 1-DQ #1.1 Can you explain Political Behavior? Due: June 12th-June 15th
Preamble:  In this lesson activity you are prompted to explain how ‘Political Behavior’ is formed in a nation or state.  Examining the political ideology, political socialization, political culture as some principles that can explain political behavior of the masses.
Justification: Reflect through research and principles of “political behavior, governmental institutions, political ideology, political culture”. Provide examples of a nation to justify your critical statement on this rhetorical question and try to relate another two posed comparative questions: Who rules? and Why? 
Task and Mission: 
Write 300-500 words of bullet points or paragraph suggesting your opinion and choices
Post 2 commentaries  to any of your classmates comments of 250- 300 words each for further dialogue and participation.
Try to use terminology, facts from the Chapters and Links.
Suggested Research Guidelines: 
Utilize the Online Library and Links under Module 1.  
Submission Format:
Refer to pages and announcement tab for APA/Chicago style format info please paraphrase and cite your sources accordingly during paraphrasing.  
Use up to 3-4 resources in your ‘Bibliography’ not Wikipedia or any other open source multimedia. 
Grade Rubric:  
Primary Response 300-500 words type it as a text and list your resources.  
you can use links:
https://commons.libretexts.org/book/socialsci-18213Links to an external site.
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Introduction_to_Comparative_Government_and_Politics_(Bozonelos_et_al.)Links to an external site.
Jackman, Robert W., and Ross A. Miller. “Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior.” In Before Norms: Institutions and Civic Culture, 188–200. Links to an external site.
External Url
Dahl, Robert A. “What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require?” Political Science Quarterly 120, no. 2 (2005): 187–97 Links to an external site.
External Url
Krouse, Richard W. “Polyarchy & Participation: The Changing Democratic Theory of Robert Dahl.” Polity 14, no. 3 (1982): 441–63 Links to an external site.
External Url
KIRKPATRICK, JEANE J. “Democratic Elections and Democratic Government.” World Affairs 147, no. 2 (1984): 61–69 Links to an external site.
External Url
State Department Website 

Write ONE PAGE PER EACH RESPONSE
1.What do each of the readings for Module -I contribute to the discussion on the nature of development? Based on these readings  come up with your own definition of development from the perspective of developing countries. 
2. Based on and referring to the assigned readings by Andre Gunder Frank, Johan Galtung and John Hobson for Module-II, explain the policies and forces which led to underdevelopment and de-development in the colonized parts of the world.
3. Based on the pieces by Paul Baran, BN Ghosh, Theotonio dos Santos and Uma Kambhampati, explain Dependency Theory and its main arguments. How useful is it to understand the creation and maintenance of under-development?

Post a 2- to 3-paragraph analysis of two strengths and two weaknesses of lifetime appointments for Supreme Court justices. Be sure to include a rationale for why the Supreme Court justices should or should not have lifetime appointments.
Some people strongly favor term limits for governmental officials. The U.S. practice regarding this issue differs among the three branches of government. There are term limits on the presidency, for instance, but none for members of Congress. For the Supreme Court, there are no term limits on justices, and they are never required to win election or re-election. Once appointed by the president, justices may serve for life. Thurgood Marshall, the great Supreme Court justice, was 81 years old when a reporter asked him when he planned to retire. Marshall responded, “I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110 . . .”
In this Discussion, you will analyze strengths and weaknesses of lifetime appointments of Supreme Court justices and whether or not you believe lifetime appointments have a positive impact on American democracy.

To improve research skills including the generation and testing of ideas, students will be required
to write a research proposal formatted as follows: 
• Problem Statement Clearly state the problem that is addressed by the program or project
or treatment to be evaluated. Is there quantitative evidence of the challenge to be addressed?
Explain whether the evaluation will test an existing program or new intervention or treatment. 
• Contribution to learning Succinctly describe the evaluation questions you seek to answer.
How will this evaluation teach us something new about social science? Include a very brief lit-
erature review and explain the project’s unique social scientific contribution. What knowledge
gap are you addressing, and how will it advance the field? 
• Description of program(s) Describe the intervention or treatment that you will design
and/or evaluate. Explain the theory of change and potential implementing organization(s) or
governments that will participate in the proposed evaluation. Include existing quantitative
and qualitative data in support of your hypotheses, models and/or theories of change. 
• Target population Characterize and describe the population that the intervention will im-
pact. Do other populations face the same conditions as your target group, and could they
potentially benefit from the intervention(s) to be evaluated by you? 
• Evaluation Design Describe the evaluation design. What is the goal of the study and
your research questions? What is your identification strategy? How will you identify the
counterfactual? What are the units of analysis (e.g. individual, household, village, etc.)?
What are the intermediate and final outcome indicators? How will these be measured? When
will you time measurements, and how frequently will data be collected? What are your initial
power calculations and pre-analysis plans? What are the foreseeable threats to the internal
validity of this study? (e.g. compliance, attrition, spillovers, etc.) 
• Policy Translation Provide evidence that the evaluation is likely to be used by policy prac-
titioners. Consider the cost-effectiveness of the intervention that you will evaluate. Which
other implementing organizations are likely to incorporate this intervention into their opera-
tions, if proven successful? How will other implementers become aware of the results of this
evaluation? 
This is a professional essay- no list please 
Please use at least two resouces for evidence 
Causal Inference and the Counterfactual 
(a) “Impact Evaluation in Practice: Chapter 3,” p. 47-62, Gertler et al. (2016). 
(b) “Counterfactuals and Hypothesis Testing in Political Science” by James D. Fearon (1991).
3. Randomized Assignment 
(a) “Impact Evaluation in Practice: Chapter 4,” p. 63-88, Gertler et al. (2016). 
(b) ‘Inputs, Incentives, and Complementarities in Education: Experimental Evidence from
Tanzania” by Isaac Mbiti, Karthik Muralidharan, Mauricio Romero, Youdi Schipper,
Constantine Manda, & Rakesh Rajani (2019).
4. Randomized Promotion and Instrumental Variables 
(a) “Impact Evaluation in Practice: Chapter 5,” p. 89-112, Gertler et al. (2016).
(b) “Using Geographic Variation in College Proximity to Estimate the Return to Schooling”
by David Card (1993).
5. Regression Discontinuity 
(a) “Impact Evaluation in Practice: Chapter 6,” p. 113-128, Gertler et al. (2016).
(b) “The Impact of Secondary Schooling in Kenya: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis” by
Owen Ozier (2018). 
6. Difference-in-Differences 
(a) “Impact Evaluation in Practice: Chapter 7,” p. 129-142, Gertler et al. (2016). 
(b) “Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New
Jersey and Pennsylvania” by David Card & Alan B. Krueger (1993).
7. Ethics of Human Subjects Research 
(a) “Impact Evaluation in Practice: Chapter 13,” p. 231-246, Gertler et al. (2016). 
(b) “Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial”
by Ronald H. Gray, Godfrey Kigozi, David Serwadda, Frederick Makumbi, Stephen
Watya, Fred Nalugoda, Noah Kiwanuka, Lawrence H Moulton, Mohammad A Chaud-
hary, Michael Z. Chen, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Melanie C. Ba-
con, Carolyn F. M. Williams, Pius Opendi, Steven J. Reynolds, Oliver Laeyendecker,
Thomas C. Quinn, & Maria J. Wawer (2007).
Professors message (example is attached)
“Using the same template, I have fashioned a proposal using our running example from class to show you an example of what I would consider, at minimum, a decent proposal. However, make sure yours, in no more than 4 pages, includes more citations and more details and does not get anything wrong in its methods and assumptions. 
My example uses a randomized design but yours need not use the same. You can propose anything using any of the methods discussed in class. Note that it is unlikely that any of you will be able to come up with a good proposal using more than one method, but this is not impossible to do. My example is incredibly pithy and I expect yours to be more detailed and obviously on important programs/treatments or issues that are important for our ability to understand the extent to which “government works”.”

This assignment consist of completeling different case studies below I have exampled what is required in each paragraph per case. There is also a list of all of the cases that must be done. 
1)A paragraph summarizing the facts that led up to the case 
2) A paragraph outlining the constitutional arguments presented by the plaintiff,
including major precedents used
3) A paragraph outlining the constitutional arguments presented by the defendant,
including major precedents used
4) A paragraph summarizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case, providing how
constitutional interpretations were applied as well as precedents utilized.
cases 
Equal Protection Under the 14 th Amendment 
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) 
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938)
Screws v. U.S. (1945)
Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) 
Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)
Brown v. Bd. Of Educ. Of Topeka (1954 & 1955)
Loving v. Virginia (1967) 
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)
Griggs v. Duke Power Company (1971)
Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis (1972)
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. Of Educ. (1971)
Milliken v. Bradley (1974) 
Regents of the Univ. of California v. Bakke (1978)
United Steelworkers v. Weber (1979) 
Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980)