Political science

Discuss the following:
• Compare and contrast classical liberalism, modern liberalism, and conservatism
• Evaluate the pros and cons of nationalism
• Evaluate the impact of the above ideologies in American policy and politics
• Synthesize the above within a model of Biblical principles of statesmanship and government

• Answers to questions must be supported with research and citations. It is not unusual, for instance, to have 3-4 citations per paragraph in doctoral-level research.

MUST HAVE 3-4 CITATIONS PER PARAGRAPH

USE 20 SCHOLARLY REFERENCES

MUST BE WRITTEN FROM A Conservative / Christians point of view

Try to use these references if possible:

Koyzis, David T. Political visions & illusions: A survey & Christian critique of contemporary ideologies. InterVarsity Press, 2019.

Sowell, Thomas. The quest for cosmic justice. Simon and Schuster, 2001.

International relations theory is divided between positivist and post-positivist approaches. What are the primary contentions of this debate? Is it possible to identify relevant authors and explain one example from both perspectives in the IR theory literature? Are there specific strengths and weaknesses associated with these selected theoretical frameworks? Finally, does the positivist or post-positivist literature offer the most promise for the future of international relations theory?

No citations required but specific references to authors and theoretical concepts should be used in text.
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In most democratic nations, the responsibility to represent the nation symbolically, ensure the implementation of the government’s laws and command the military, are not typically assigned to a single governmental official as we have in our U.S. president.
1. Would the United States be improved overall if the leadership role of president as head of state, chief executive officer, and commander in chief were constitutionally assigned to other governmental officials other than one president? What do you think the advantages and disadvantages to giving the president all these powers are?
Additionally, modern presidents have gained more power through different inherent powers (i.e., executive privilege, executive orders, executive signing statements and executive agreements).

2. Do these claimed inherent exercises of presidential powers upset the system of check and balances between branches? Why or Why not?

For this assignment, you are required to choose between producing a PowerPoint or video presentation or writing a research paper examining and applying the comparative process described in the Dickovick and Easton textbooks and evaluating that process in light of the readings in the Martin textbook.Specifically, assume for purposes of this assignment that you are preparing to begin a project in which you will test the following theory: That individual liberty is likely to lead to increased wealth in a body politic. Please draft a 5–7-page research paper or creation a presentation that explains in detail the process one might employ in evaluating this theory and how prevailing worldviews and the Judeo-Christian worldview in particular may impact the presumptions employed in testing this theory. 1.Dickovick, Tyler J. and Eastwood, Jonathan. Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases. 3rd. Ed., Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN: 9780190854867.  2.Dickovick, Tyler J. and Eastwood, Jonathan. Comparative Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings 1st Ed., Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780199730957.

Now that you have determined your own personal values, do the following in 500-750 words.Describe how you are able to change the culture or core values of your organization utilizing positional power.Discuss how you would use different types of positional power to go about changing organizational values/culture. What would it look like? Use characteristics of your own personal values when answering the question.Predict the type of power dynamic you may have to navigate while instilling organizational change. How would you go about navigating the power dynamics present?Use two to four scholarly resources to support your explanations.

For this forum, you are to answer ONE question listed below. Please be courteous and succinct in your response. The goal is to extend the conversation through your observations and experience.Questions:To gain a better understanding on what it is like to be an intelligence analyst, read THIS ARTICLE.What resonated with you? What are 2-3 key lessons learned from it? How have the authors detailed the value of open sources. Discuss one or more values. Provide real-time examples to your discussion.Explain the importance of open source information and the intelligence cycle.Why should intelligence personnel who have access to classified information should not produce unclassified products on the same subjects?What are the downsides of open source information?Identify sources one can go to to collect open source information. Provide details for each source identified.Students are required to provide a substantive initial post of 250 words

We as a society, within the boundaries of the United States and its territories, are addressing a faceless global threat that we have come to know as the coronavirus or COVID-19. It attacks at the heart and soul of the nation and requires a multifaceted approach with a host of parties: federal government, state governments, municipalities, private sector, and non-governmental organizations as well. Should the pre-planning on the part of the private sector and non-governmental organizations be interfaced with the government’s planning prior to any nationwide disaster or national emergency? If so, what is the best or better path forward?

Instructions: When writing your essay, respond to the prompt thoroughly, and completely. Essays must be a minimum of 2 pages in length, double spaced, 1-inch margins, 12 point font, and written in Times New Roman.A bibliography, references or works cited page, must accompany the submission. Bibliographies should be uploaded, as a single file, along with your 1.5-page essay. This page does not count towards the minimum length, of the paper. When completing your essay, you must also include in-text citations for any work that is directly quoted or paraphrased. Failure to properly, or consistently cite paraphrased or directly quoted work, from the original work, thoughts and/or ideas of someone, other than your own, (according to 1 of the 3 approved formats…MLA, APA, or Chicago) will result in an automatic 0, with no make-up work being accepted. For assistance with proper citation formatting, use the easybib website. Access this website, by clicking HERE(Links to an external site.)(Links to an external site.)Your response should be your own original thoughts and analysis. Research and resources should be incorporated with the scholarly application. I.e. used as examples or evidence to support your analysis. Make sure to use complete sentences and proper grammar. Your response to the prompt should focus on analyzing the information you gathered. Incorporate the information you gathered by using it to provide examples and support for your response.“A” papers should include a critical analysis of the videos by applying at least 1 example from each film to support your position.PART 1: Video Access and viewing the video you are required to watch, in order to complete this assignment is 50 minute in length. The video is over the Todd Willingham case. The video is publicly accessible through PBS Frontline’s official website. You can access the video one of two ways, following the instructions provided below click the link below, or copy and paste the link , into a new tab, in your internet browser.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/death-by-fire/(Links to an external site.)(Links to an external site.)PART 2: Video Reflection, Analysis and Submission InstructionsWrite a reflective analysis of crime, justice and punishment under application of the Death Penalty, in Texas, based on the application of what you learned from the Todd Willingham Case Video. Write an essay that addresses each of prompt’s 2 components, Issue Position and Explanation and Application, outlined below issue Position: First, Identify whether you are for, or against use of the death penalty as a form of criminal punishment (there is NO right or wrong answer). Successful completion of this assignment, and it’s learning objective, require your compliance in identification or your personal position, and perspective, towards the issue of the “death penalty”. Responses are confidential and will be graded objectively, based on student’s independent, reflective analysis of their own individual personal perspectives, and application of the information. Explanation and ApplicationThen, Discuss, and describe, the nature of the political debate, surrounding the issue of the death penalty, and explain how your personal position toward the issue has changed or been reinforced, with regard to the application to crime, punishment and justice in Texas, based on what you learned from the movie.

You had the opportunity to provide your critical analysis of the diversity in your community through an ongoing discussion with the faculty and other students. Now, Prepare a summary of the positive and not so positive diversity situations and give recommendations for changes to improve or sustain the diversity of your community. Be creative and succinct with your recommendations.Support your paper with at least five (5) resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included. Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.Length: 5-7 pages (not including title and reference pages).

Directions:I want ONE unified review.  Do not write a separate response for a 2nd article.  You may have the option to read additional articles for extra consideration, but you then must write MORE.  IE, still a detailed evaluation of each article, NOT a superficial response to more articles. What you write must be about the reading(s).  I do NOT want an essay on the topic that the article is about. I want a response to/evaluation of the reading(s). (I don’t want an essay of your opinion with just an occasional reference to the article(s) if they support your point. I want a review of the article(s) and how they prove THEIR point, tied together with a theme.)In the INTRODUCTIONFind a unifying theme for the articles.  What is that “Big Paper” about? Set up the article(s) – What is the topic? Why is it relevant? Why is it important?  Why are we reading THESE articles?In the BODY paragraphs:  Identify and Summarize the reading: Title, author, premise/thesis.  What is the thesis? Choose a key or essential argument, statistic, etc. from the reading and explain it. What are the most important ideas,  theories, or data sets? Are there references to other theories/studies that are important (Dunning-Kruger effect, Hofstader, Gilens and Page…)?Evaluate the argument.  Strengths? Weaknesses? What would you add? What did author fail to see?    Focus on the big picture,  not minutia  Repeat b and c for same article and then subsequent articles repeat a,b,c.  The more depth the better.In the CONCLUSION:Evaluate the sum of the arguments.  What is the impact/importance of this data?  Does it MATTER (what are  the implications if true)?  Why/Why not? How does it contribute (or not) to our understanding of the main subject? Connect back to your specific questions and ideas in the intro.  Restate them.  Then “close the circle” and provide answers or insights based on the readings. Should have paragraph developmental sequence.  Typically should be 7 paragraphs as pretty much a minimum. DOUBLE SPACE.  12 point font. You do not need title info at top – Canvas gives me your name, the date submitted and it is automatically submitted under the correct assignment. YOU “frame” your discussion based on ideas generated from the class chapters or current events. Try to make CONNECTIONS between the article and what is going on in American politics, but the FOCUS is the ARTICLE! Example: Intro:”Power is the key explanatory variable in political science.  Power is defined as….  It is important to get a fuller picture of power because of… Questions around the concept include…  IN order to get a better picture of how power is manifested in the US, I will examine the following X articles, 1., 2., and 3 (with title and author).  This examination will give us better insight into ideas of….” (Power here is an example of what you COULD use.  You MAY use it if it fits, but the preference is that you come up with your own unifying idea.  DO NOT use power for every response.)Body:Par 1 “The 1st article is “…” by …  In this article, author 1 examines…  One of the interesting arguments they make is supported by Figure 1, which shows…  The data seems to support the idea that… which the author suggests is caused by… this analysis seems valid, because  Par 2  “A second interesting argument in the Author 1 article is…, which also addresses the concept of As author shows in Chart 2… The data seems to support the idea that… which the author suggests is caused by…  this analysis seems valid, because.Par 3 “The 2nd article is “…” by …  In this article, author 2 examines…  This is similar to Author 1, but takes the approach/focuses on… One of the interesting arguments they make is … supported by Figure 1, which shows…  The data seems to support the idea that… which the author suggests is caused by… this analysis seems valid, because of Par 4 “Lather rinse, repeat. Par 5 “Lather, rinse.”Conclusion: “The preceding article(s)/analysis confirm/reject the idea that Power is…  Each article took a slightly different approach but all/none seemed to agree on cause/effect of the phenomenon being examined (power, etc).  When one examines the questions of… (connect back to ideas/themes/questions from you Intro, restate them), one could argue that… which is consistent with author X, which is inconsistent with author X.  I would argue that…  This article is valuable in identifying trends or problems with…. It is valuable/not valuable to understanding why/how/when/what x happens/is happening…  The implications of this to/for the World/US/Democracy/Society/Progress are.Assignment: 3 articles, UC-Santa Cruz Professor G. William Domhoff,  “Do Americans Know Their Wealth Distribution?”, Adam Smith and The Case for Reparations, by Coates. I don’t necessarily expect you to read every word, but at least scan the entire document and focus on charts and topics that interest you. graph/chart driven, fact based discussion.  (The difference is I do expect you to make a specific policy proposal based on your findings.)  Figure 4 Note the gap between Ideal, Estimated and Actual Wealth distribution. Thoughts? Implications?  Pick 1 or 2 other sections/data sets to respond to as well.The data does lag a little date-wise, but generally has continued in the directions suggested here consistent with trends that have been ongoing since the Reagan administration.  SO, analyze, synthesize, evaluate, weigh and conclude. Try to make CONNECTIONS between the articles to a bigger theme. Does this information MATTER?  What are the implications?Use it as sort of an empirical application or perhaps cause of the general information provided by Domhoff.