Political science

InstructionsWrite an essay including four pictures with clear captions and citations describing how emergency management has changed over the last 50 years in your community. Compare those years to that of the post-Katrina era. Be sure to identify your community.Interview those in your community to determine lessons learned and improvements that have come from major disasters that have occurred specifically since Hurricane Katrina.Has emergency management been affected based on any events? How?What changes have there been in mitigation? Preparedness? Has your community been involved in any major disasters?Describe the progression towards federal government involvement in disaster response and recovery during this period.Describe the stakeholders, emergency services participants, and how disasters were managed over the last 50 years.Be sure to cite your sources.Be sure to include pictures that would be useful to your discussion. Some suggestions would be to include pictures of events during the disaster and during the recovery period after the disaster.Some examples of disaster mitigation actions are building codes, warning sirens, and fire codes.Your essay should be four pages in length, not counting the pictures that you will insert in the Word document, your title or reference page. Your paper should be in APA format with at least two academic sources.Please be sure to include at least four pictures with clear captions and citation.Textbook:Rubin, C. B. (Ed.). (2020). Emergency management: The American experience (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books

The purpose of this essay is to determine your ability to identify sources of media bias.You are to find one article from each of two magazine or newspaper Web sites that deal with the same story. Remember, it has to be the same story–the idea here is that you want to compare how each newspaper handles the same story.The article must deal with an issue that covers US elections of voting. Make sure it is not an editorial. In addition, you cannot use any article that was discussed in class– you must find articles we haven’t discussed before.You are to write a 400-word essay on the article. Your essay must include a summary of what the articles say (in your own words), and include an explanation of three major ideas that are in the article that relate to voting or elections. In addition, it must include a comparison of how the two newspapers covered the story. This comparison should include any sources of bias (where the story is located in the paper, how long it is, the use of opinions in the article, differences in information that each story contains, who owns the newspaper, etc.), and your evaluation–which article covered the story better, and why?Points will be awarded for this activity as follows:The links for each article are submitted as part of your essay (no points will be awarded for this activity if the links are not attached) The essay is at least 400 words long (no points will be awarded for this activity if the essay is shorter);Your essay includes a summary that includes the major ideas of the article (0-2 points);Each of the three major ideas you raise thoroughly explains the relationship of the idea to elections or voting (0-3 points for each idea.)Your essay includes a thorough evaluation of possible sources of bias (0-2 points.)Your essay includes an evaluation of which article covered the story better, which includes a discussion of the facts one story covered that the other didn’t (0-3 points.)

Gun Control Act of 1969 in regards to American National Government-Historical and constitutional basis for the American Government’s structure-The system of checks and balances-The various roles (e., public opinion, media, special interest groups, etc.) concerning public policy and elections-The voting system and election process.

Which U.S. Presidents were popular? Which U.S. Presidents were unpopular?Your assignment is to choose two U.S. Presidents and assess their popularity (Excluding Joe Biden since his term just began).I want you to assess them each individually as to whether you would rate them as popular or unpopular (or perhaps somewhere in between) and also compare the two and try to decide which was more popular. Please explain your reasoning.The Roper Center and 538 both have excellent data on presidential popularity.The Roper Centerhttps://ropercenter.cornell.edu/presidential-approval538https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/presidential-approvalhttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

This assignment is open-book and open-note. However, all your answers must be in your own words. Turnitin will show me if you are copying or transcribing. Do not cite the books, your notes, or my lectures. I am interested in your ability to explain the ideas, not your skill in looking things up. DO NOT cite anythingShort Answer: Please answer 8 (and only 8) of the following 10 questions.(Up to 64 points) 2 paragraphs for each question.1.    What is moral suasion? How does it work as a principle of government?2.    Why can we see the Tao Te Ching as a manual for government?What are its principle lessons?3.    According to K?kai, what value do the teachings of the historical Buddha have?4.    Why is the I Ching not simply a tool for divination (fortune telling)?5.    What is the difference between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism? Why is K?kai considered part of the Mahayana tradition?6.    What is the rectification of names? Why is it important in political life7.    What is the difference between the Way in classical Confucianism and the Way in Taoism?8.    What are the four beginnings, and why should we remember them?9.    Acccording to Xun Zi, why do we want to become good, and how do we do it?10.    What are the two handles, and how do they contribute to wu-wei government?Essay Questions: Please answer one (and only one) of the following two questions. (Up to 36 Points). about 500 words1.    Confucianism has arguably been the most influential political theory in all of world history. Is it still relevant, and could it be influential in the West? How and why? 2.    It’s often said that East Asian philosophy is syncretic. What does that mean, why is it important, and what are some examples of syncretism?Extra Credit:What are two ways Buddhism is a political theory? (up to 2 points on your overall quiz grade!)ReadingsSource Book of Chinese Philosophy: 14-49, 49-84, 115-136, 136-177Book of Lord Shang: 167-203, 244-260I Ching: 13-41Han Fei Tzu: 16-42, 73-79, 97-117Soruces of Chinese Tradition: Ch.15Sources of Korean Tradition: ch.3Kukai: “Attaining Enlightenment in this very Existence” (225-235) and “The Meanings of Sound, Word, and Reality” (235-246).

The critical analysis questions are designed to stimulate thought, clarify concepts, explore course materials in detail, and to examine the course concepts from a new or different perspective.Responses should be 500-800 words in total.QuestionsOn page 1-2, Eagleton lists “random” definitions of ideology that are currently in circulation. Which listed definition most closely matches your previous understanding of “ideology”?In what specific ways did Eagleton’s analysis of ideologies (especially his six definitions of ideology (pgs. 28-31)) and ideological strategies complicate your understanding of what “ideology” means and entails?What is the “end of ideology thesis” and why does Eagleton argue that it is implausible?

Drawing on the concepts covered in this week’s material on scientific inquiry and the scientific method, reflect on a research topic that you think would be interesting to research within the Social Sciences.Why does this topic interest you?What would be interesting research questions to ask around this topic?How do you think this topic could best be approached (using quantitative/qualitative data, an inductive, deductive approach etc.)?The writing assignments are supposed to help you apply the class concepts to your own ideas and to practice your writing in preparation for the final research paper. Your writing assignment should be 2-3 pages in length. A couple of important points:Make sure to introduce any concepts from the class material you are referring to (briefly explain what they are).Be sure to cite, meaning use in-text citation in the (author, year) format and provide a short reference list or list of sources at the end of your write-up, using a standard citation format, e.g. APA.

Please read one of the following Supreme Court decisions (you will need to look them up online): Lawrence v Texas (2003), Gonzales v Raich (2005), Kelo v New London (2005), King v Burwell (2015) or Obergefell v Hodges (2015); then given what you have read about federalism in chapter 3 explain briefly in a two-page essay whether you believe the case was correctly decided based upon your understanding of federalism. Strong essays will engage in legal reasoning in the case. Please do not editorialize over policy or provide an opinion piece applying your personal morals. It is quite possible that you may be in support of gay marriage morally and find the legal reasoning applied by the dissenters valid in regard to how they apply the principles of federalism. Or vice versa. In addition, I may be in favor of universal healthcare but find that the legal reasoning applied in King v Burwell to be incorrect or vice versa.

you are to find an article from a reputable news source that discusses an issue related to federalism. You will then answer the following questions: What issue is your article discussing and why is it an example of federalism? What problems have arisen, or could potentially arise, as a result of the state-national policy interaction discussed in your article? In your opinion, is United States federalism an efficient method of governance, or does it create more problems than it solves? Why? Be sure to use as many examples from the readings as possible. Show me that you understand what you are writing about -Your essay should be 4-5 pages in length double spaced (not including work cited). Include a work cited page. -Your chosen article should be from a credible source, if you are not sure please ask the professor in advance if your source is credible. -Your article should have been written within the last 24 months. -Your essay should include citations from your chosen article in MLA format. Be sure to cite when you quote or paraphrase. Your paper should be written in a clear and concise manner. If your grammar or phrasing distracts from your work you will be marked down. You may use internal citations, footnotes, or endnotes. Please MLA style of citation