[SOLVED] California Politics
Write a paper that will critique a reform of a particular part of Californias government. In simple terms, this will be a 900-1500 (3-5 page) word essay describing the problem the reform is intended to fix and what the reform would be, and assessing the likelihood the reform would succeed. For this paper, students must lay out a potential reform of a component of California government and assess the likelihood of its success. To be perfectly clear: a reform of a component of government is NOT about policy. This is about the structure of our politics, not the policies they produce. Think of it this way: you should be dealing with a change to the RULES that affect politics; you should NOT be dealing with something that directly impacts citizens. The paper should briefly describe the problem the reform is intended to fix and the reform itself. The bulk of the paper should be devoted to an assessment of whether or not such a reform would work. This assessment can focus on the likelihood of implementing the reform or on how well the reform would work if implemented. For example, you could think that former legislators shouldnt ever be able to lobby government, and seek to impose a lifetime ban on former legislators being lobbyists. Your paper would then proceed to assess how likely such a ban would be to work. Doing these tasks may involve some library research for some inspiration or research, but this paper is meant to focus on the quality of your argument, and need not depend on the arguments of others.
