Policy analysts should research the issues and determine the fundamental causes of social problems such as crime, poverty, or homelessness and then recommend solutions. Support your position with examples or evidence drawn from the policy-making process.

“Policy-Making Process” Please respond to the following:Take a position in support of one of these two statements:(a) Policy analysts should research the issues and determine the fundamental causes of social problems such as crime, poverty, or homelessness and then recommend solutions. Support your position with examples or evidence drawn from the policy-making process. (b) Policy analysts should develop implementable policies to address social problems such as crime, poverty, or homelessness without research to determine the cause(s). Support your position with examples or evidence drawn from the policy-making process.

Define the concept and explain to your group members how the article illustrates the concept.

Before submitting, check the following: 1) Is the article used about the Texas State Government?2) Does the article used comply with the time frame specified in the instructions?3) Is the article used from one of the two acceptable sources listed in the assignment directions? Access a news article pertaining to your assigned topic concerning the Texas state government; topic selection will be in class. You need to analyze the article and make specific and direct connections to two (2) concepts that we have covered in class. In an effort to include information about the last general election in Texas, held in November 2018, articles can date from within the last year. Acceptable sources are: 1) The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/ or 2) The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/. If you are interested in another source, send an email to Professor Giglio for approval. You are to include the following criteria in your assignment:1. Article title and source – 5 pointsUse the MLA style of citation for your work cited information.2. Summary – 5 pointsBriefly and in your own words, summarize the content of the article.Connect the article to two (2) separate and distinct concepts that we have covered in class.3. Connection 1 – 15 points Connect the article to a concept we have covered in class. a. Define the first concept that you state the article connects to.b. Describe how the article illustrates the concept.4. Connection 2 – 15 points Connect the article to a second concept we have covered in class. a. Define the second concept that you state the article connects to.b. Describe how the article illustrates the concept.5. Presentation (in class) – 10 pointsIn your small group in class, you will have 5 minutes to:1. Provide a summary of your article2. Identify one concept that has been covered in class that the article connects to.3. Define the concept and explain to your group members how the article illustrates the concept.Write your paper in paragraph form using good sentence structure with proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Write the paper in your own words. If you need to use a short quote, cite properly. Use the MLA style of formatting and citation. The paper should be approximately two pages or more in length, double-spaced, one-inch margins, and 12-point font. It should be turned in via eCampus in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format.For the oral presentation, members of your group will be confirming, in writing, that you have provided a summary of the article and they will identify a concept that you are linking your article to. Topics include: Chapter 4 – Political Parties Chapter 5 – Campaigns and Elections Chapter 7 – The Politics of Interest Groups

Does the United States Constitution prohibit or allow the use of the death penalty in the United States?

The Constitution speaks in a very clear voice on some matters. For example, it says that the United States House of Representatives shall be apportioned according to the population in the states, or that the Senate shall be composed of two senators per state. But other clauses are not so clear. For example, what is meant by the 8th Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, the 2nd Amendment’s reference to the right to bear arms, or the 4th Amendment that deals with unreasonable searches and seizures? Does the 8th Amendment, for example, allow the government to execute people for certain crimes? Does the 2nd Amendment allow people to own guns? Does the 4th Amendment allow the state to search your home without a warrant? These and many other issues are open to interpretation due to the words in the Constitution.Two Supreme Court justices, Scalia and Breyer, discussed two different ways of viewing the Constitution–the “original meaning” of the document and the “living Constitution.” For example, the “originalists” (Scalia) argue that the 8th Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual does not prohibit the death penalty. Those who support the “living Constitution” argument (Breyer) say that the Constitution should reflect new circumstances and “evolving standards of decency.” Please view the videos on the Constitution. Focus on the different ways that Justices Breyer and Scalia interpret the Constitution. 1. Original Intent and the Living Constitution start 12 minutes into the video2. The Constitutional Role of Judges from 1:09 into video to 1:15. Then 2:04 to 2:10. We will focus on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution for our discussion this week The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution says the following:“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”Your question for the week: Does the United States Constitution prohibit or allow the use of the death penalty in the United States? You must make your argument from the “originalist” or “living Constitution” perspective. Do not just state your personal opinion. Use arguments from Scalia (originalist) or Breyer (living Constitution) to support your argument.

Find an MNC and describe ways it has been a good citizen or a bad citizen.

In this lesson we will discuss another type of non-state actor in the international system. Multinational corporations (MNCs), broadly defined, are business entities that have facilities—whether production, administrative, or distribution-related—in two or more different countries. The influence of MNCs in the international system demonstrates how foreign relations and economics are intertwined. MNCs are a relatively recent development, and although they do not have the political sovereignty or military strength possessed by states, they still exert considerable influence over the international system. MNCs also have a mixed reputation in terms of the benefits they provide and the harm they can cause, especially in the poor countries where they often locate production.Instructions: Find an MNC and describe ways it has been a good citizen or a bad citizen. Don’t use Nestle since it is described in the lesson.

Why did the articles of confederation fail?

For this assignment, choose ONE of the writing prompts and write a minimum 300 word essay. For more detailed instructions, review the Instructions for Lesson Writing Assignments.1) Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? What reasons might explain why someone would prefer the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution? What were the biggest benefits of the Constitution over the Articles of Confederation?

What happened in the national Presidential election and why do you think that happened?

write four numbered well-written paragraphs – one on each of these four topics, with your thoughts:1. What happened in the national Presidential election and why do you think that happened? Be sure to give the national popular vote (numbers and percentages) and electoral vote for each candidate.2. What was the popular vote in the Presidential election in Texas? (numbers and percentages) Who received Texas’ 38 electoral votes, and to what do you attribute this?3. What was the (unofficial) voter turnout (number and percentage) in Harris County for this election, and how does that compare to the primary election turnout you studied for your political participation assignment? What do you think explains the huge difference? (The precinct-by-precinct canvass report won’t be available yet, so don’t worry about that part)4. What was the result of the Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 3, race? Do you think your virtual client pursued a strategy similar to the one you outlined for him? Did it work?Submit in Word. Cite your sources.(Note: A lot of the numbers you’re using will be preliminary numbers as mail-in ballots drift in and various election irregularities are settled. Don’t worry about that. Use what you can get and do the best you can.)Additional Resources(I’ll post more stuff here after election night)https://www.270towin.com/ (Links to an external site.) is a great place to compare what’s happening election night to what the polls predicted.https://harrisvotes.com/ (Links to an external site.) will have all the election night returns for Harris County, including the results of the Precinct 3 Commissioner race.The Texas Secretary of State will have statewide election results as they come in from Texas’ 254 counties: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections

Discuss activities to help prevent the threat from occurring (if possible), and/or measures taken to mitigate damages or consequences.

Below I have provided a brief review of sub-sections 1, 2 and 3, along with an expanded description of sub-section 4.Sub-section 1: Describing your selected CI SectorSub-section 2: Describing the resiliency and security planning framework. The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)Sub-Section 3: Describing the unique attributes of your sector related to the following 3 areas; Dependency/interdependency, Public Private Partnerships, Information SharingSub-section 4: This subsection will focus on Risk Assessment process, Continuity of Operations Planning (COOPs) and planning efforts related to a specific threats faced by your sector. Emergency Services Sector.As discussed in Subsection 2, the Risk Assessment Process is a vital part of the CI planning process. Identify a particular threat faced by your Sector, describe specific vulnerabilities to that threat and the potential consequences should the threat come to fruition. Discuss activities to help prevent the threat from occurring (if possible), and/or measures taken to mitigate damages or consequences. Planning activities can focus on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Critical Infrastructure Assurance (CIA). If you are not able to find adequate information related to specific threats and plans to address those threats, the following option is available. Based on your research, select a potential threat, and propose some optional plans to address that particular threat.Also, this subsection should discuss a COOP and its key goals and objective

What is the problem/need the product/service solves or addresses?

Select a topic for the marketing plan you will develop throughout the term. It must be a single product or service, not a system or process. Research your concept before you finalize your choice; be sure you can find adequate data to inform a marketing plan. Look for data about customers, markets, competitors, and distribution channels. the annotated bibliography to the end of your paper. See the rubric for more information.When you write your paper, address the following questions, in detail:1. What is the problem/need the product/service solves or addresses?2. Who is the customer, in demographic terms? Be specific.3. What is the customer’s psychographic? Be specific.4. Where is the customer located — what is the geography? Pick a place, be very specific, by zip code so that you can easily pull data. If you go wide, like a region, a state, a county, a country, you must pull data for this entire area. Drilling down into zip code, or even a neighborhood within that zip code is preferable.5. Describe the 5 Ps (product, place, promotion, price, people) at a high level. You will further develop the marketing mix later in the term, but you need a sense of how this will look before you proceed. 6. Did you find adequate data to inform your annotated bibliography? If not, rethink your topic. You must have at least ten examples of solid data that proves your topic is viable for market planning in your annotated bibliography.7. How is your product or service innovative? What does it do that makes it innovative? Note: your product or service must be an innovation or a major improvement of something that already exists.

Explain the security measures of databases used to store organizational data,

Develop an OI policy. In your paper, address the following:Explain the data collection process, Explain the security measures of databases used to store organizational data, Explain when to perform relational queries to obtain diverse knowledge, Explain when to update information that adds value in the decision-making processes, Determine who should have access to generate reports, and when training is appropriate, Describe the means to obtain information about competitors, and Determine the role of each division and the researcher, analyst, and other members of the IT/IS team of working with internal and external constituents.For your research The NCU library has databases and resources such as ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and others where you can download additional peer reviewed journal articles.Support your paper with the required reading(s) of the course and at least seven (7) additional peer reviewed journal articles. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.Length: 12 pages not including titles page(s) and reference pages.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. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Has the united states supreme court become too politicized?

Format:Papers will be two to three pages, double spaced with one inch margins. Please ensure the font is set at 12-point Times New Roman. Proper use of MLA, APA or Chicago (student’s choice) citation formatting will be required. Grading:The below rubric will be used to grade papers. Grading is broken down into four sections: Format, Grammar/Spelling/Punctuation, Organization, and Use of Critical Thinking and Logical Argument.Paper Topic:This is a position paper which requires you to take a stance and back that stance through critical thinking and developing a logical argument. You will need to pick from one of the following questions as the topic of your paper: Has the Office of the President of the United States become the Imperial Presidency?Has the United States Supreme Court become too politicized?Has the United States Senate 60-vote, filibuster rule made Congress ineffective?You will be required to cite from two to four reputable sources, exclusive of your textbook. You will use either MLA, APA or Chicago (student’s choice) citation methodology for this paper (we will discuss further in class).To assist you in ensuring you are on the right track, please submit paper topic, proposed thesis/stance, main points, and the counter-argument that you will address (example will be given in class) by October 5, 2020.Research/Resources:I have provided in the Paper #2 folder a list of Research Terms to help get you started on this paper.https://scholar.google.com/ (Links to an external site.) unlike regular Google, Google Scholar only searches for academic papers and applicable case law from reputable and reliable sources.https://www.alamo.edu/sac/about-sac/college-offices/library/ (Links to an external site.) this is the San Antonio College library site. More information is provided in our Canvas class as a module. You pay a library fee as a part of your tuition, you might as well get your money’s worth.

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