Political science

Answer ONE essay from EACH GROUP (for a total of two). Each essay should be 3-4 pages, typed, double-spaced, and rigorously apply a standard academic source citation style. Be sure to address all aspects of the questions, to relate your answers carefully to course material and any other supporting evidence. You should submit this as a single Word document, and you can used a combined Bibliography or Works Cited at the end of the two essays. Please note: Your answers should not overlap significantly with previous written work for the class (e.g., past Response Papers). These midterm essays are due in the Moodle submission portal by Wednesday, March 17, by 12:00 noon (Wooster time).Group I: Answer ONE of the following questions (worth 50 points): 1. What is a disaster, and how should governments respond to them? Develop a detailed essay that firstdefines disasters and draws strong connections to course readings and theories. Next, critically analyze the political and moral implications to respond to disasters that flow from such a definition. For the last third of your essay, apply these arguments to analyze developments in the Iceland-Z crisis simulation2. What does the theory of bureaucratic politics tell us about disaster response? What are the implications ofSchneider’s arguments about bureaucratic and emergent norms in this context? For the last third of your essay, apply Schneider’s framework to analyze developments in the Iceland-Z crisis simulation.3. Critically analyze all dimensions of the following claim: “Democracies provide the most effectiveresponses to disasters.” Develop a detailed essay incorporates arguments from Tilly, Hannigan, Fenner, Kleinfeld, and others to speak to this question. Finally, relate these arguments to our experiences in the Iceland-Z crisis simulation.4. Which is more essential to effective disaster response—leadership or public trust—and why? Develop anessay in which you champion one of these dimensions over the other based on your studies of comparative public policy, and draw in detailed examples and arguments from course material. How did these perspectives inform your experiences in the Iceland-Z crisis simulation?Group II: Answer ONE of the following questions (50 points): 5. Develop an essay that compares and contrasts the following two comparative public policy theories:Punctuated Equilibrium Theory and the Advocacy Coalition Framework theory. What are the primary arguments or assumptions of these theories? Who are the most important actors that they study? How are they similar or different? Finally, describe how one of these theories works to provide sound analysis in a mini-case study.6. Which is a more serious disaster: COVID-19 or climate change—and why? Develop a carefully constructed comparative public policy analysis of this question by drawing on arguments from Dodds, Hannigan, Harrison, and other readings.

Environment & the Challenges of Global GovernanceConsidering the readings, video presentations, and your own research, draft a quality 6–7 pg. research paper on a particular global environmental challenge with at least region-wide if not wider significance. Discuss your selection in accordance with the following prompts, answering in a separate or integrated manner as you wish:· Reasoning with clear ideas and examples and using chapter 11????12 challenges as a backdrop, what is the nature and scope of the environmental problem you selected? What caused the problem and what justifies it as a global rather than local concern? If the problem seems more local or even regional than global, what aspects of the problem make its urgency appealing to global institutions, states, or individuals that effectively run these institutions?· Reasoning with clear ideas and examples, explain why the issue is difficult to resolve with collective action of any kind—local, regional, global. Who or what are the main obstacles to mitigating, ameliorating, or even solving the problem you identify?· Many Christians on a spectrum from left to right consider themselves ‘environmentalists’ at some level, from supporting nature preserves, national parks, and clean air and water to global agendas like climate change, pollution reduction, and population control. Using biblical and extra-biblical sources (The Bible, commentaries, teachings, other writings, etc.) to inform your own reasoning, explain how a consistent Christian worldview may be compatible with the label ‘Christian environmentalist.’ Be clear and coherent in your response, since you want to avoid Bible verses at random with little integrated rele

Enforcement of drug laws is one of the many areas that both the federal government and state governments share. However, for over a decade, states have been legalizing either medicinal marijuana, or recreational marijuana, or both. With states moving towards increased legalization, but the federal government either unwilling or unable to change its own laws around drugs, some have argued that the federal government should leave overall enforcement to the states. Others have argued that the federal government needs to set a single standard for drug enforcement that all citizens should respect. Which do you agree with?Students must read the six articles in the above link from the NY Times and vote on whether or not they agree, disagree, or are undecided. At the same time, students must vote on whether they agreed, disagreed, or were undecided on the debate question.

Students must pick one of the debate topics to write a 3-5 term paper on. Students will receive points for this assignment by either writing either an e-mail or a Canvas message to the professor by the due date. Students who do not will receive zero (0) points for this assignmentTopic: Should drug enforcement be left to the states?

Essay: The United Nations SystemsInstructionsPrint Start WritingThe United Nations Security Council is the world’s primary body for maintaining international peace and security through a multilateral institution. It is the only organization within the United Nations system that has the authority to make binding decisions and to enforce those decisions through the use of force. Yet the Security Council has long been criticized for its ineffectiveness and outdated membership structure.Recall that the structure of the United Nations Security Council reflects the distribution of political power at the end of World War II. The Security Council has five permanent members (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and ten non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly on a geographic basis for a two year term. Security Council resolutions must be approved by 9 of the 15 members, and a no vote by any of the permanent members automatically defeats any resolution (the veto power).Suppose you were asked to recommend changes in the structure of the Security Council—particularly with respect to its membership composition and voting structure—intended to make the organization more effective. What changes would you propose? What obstacles to your proposed reform might you anticipate?( 500 – 700 wors)

From the weekly readings, analyze the key influences that the theoretical and practical aspects of public leadership may exert upon a public leader’s performance. Provide two examples of these influences to support your response.From the weekly readings, predict two or three challenges that public leaders will face regarding the future of public leadership. Provide a rationale for your response.

Complete the University of Phoenix Material Reframing Worksheet as a guide for completing your paper.(see attached) To open the Reframing Worksheet, please right click and open in a new tab. Do not submit the worksheet; your submission is an APA-formatted paper written using the information from the completed worksheet.Write a paper that is at least 1,200 words and addresses all original statements, includes the reframed statements and why you opted to reframe each statement as you did. You should justify your reframed statement with material presented in the text, along with citations to the text.Support your conclusions with at least two different peer-reviewed references.Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines, which includes an introduction, in-text citations, a conclusion and a reference page. All substantive portions, including sub-categories within the body of the paper, must include headings and all requirements set forth in the Instructor Policies announcement.

Select a past conflict from a story that was reported in the media and has either been resolved or is still ongoing. You will have to find this conflict by searching the internet. Please allow yourself enough time to locate a suitable story.Write a report about the conflict, using the weekly readings. Your paper should be at least 1,500 words in length.Include the following in the report:Assess the conflict and describe at least two appropriate intervention strategies.Objectively evaluate the applicability of mediation as a dispute resolution process.Support your responses with at least two different peer-reviewed sources.Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines, which includes an introduction, in-text citations, a conclusion and a reference page and the items set forth in the Instructor Policies announcement. All substantive portions, including sub-categories within the body of the paper, must include headings.

First, read a news story from the newspaper or the Internet. Answer the following questions regarding your news story: 1) What is the main issue, who are the main actors being discussed;Second, choose one of the assigned articles you read for this week. Answer the following questions regarding the assigned article: 1) What are the basics of this article (who, what, when, how, why, etc.); 2) What is the overall main point the author is trying to convince you of? 3) Do you agree with the author’s argument? Why? Why not?Finally, tie together your news story with what you learned from the assigned article, textbook readings, podcasts, videos, etc. for this week. Type your answers using your own words, no outline or bullets, complete sentences and paragraphs, single-spaced, full-page.

Political  AnalysisPlease be sure to check the rubric! ?(same as w3d3Today you will be analyzing a political cartoon. See below for the Worksheet?Immigrant CartoonTurn to the political cartoon on page 468 or see below. Follow the grading rubric to analyze this cartoon.Cartoon Analysis Worksheet Before beginning your analysis, review the topic of the cartoon(s) to refresh your memory.1. List the objects or people you see in the cartoon. ?Be observant.? (3)2. Which of the objects in your list are symbols, and ?what do they mean?? ?Remember, most, if not all, symbols are there for a reason! Don’t overlook them.? (3)3. Which words or phrases in the cartoon appear to be the most significant? ?What do they mean?? (4)4. Explain the ?overall? message of the cartoon. ?Be specific.? (4)5. What groups living during that time would agree with the cartoon’s message? Why? (2) 6. What groups living during that time would disagree with the cartoon’s message? Why? (2)