Category: Political Science

Do exercises 3.1, 3.2 (in the exercise 3.2., do #1 and #4 items only) in chapter 3 and exercise 4.2 in chapter 4 from the Brancati textbook.
Exercise 3.1 is worth 2 points.
Exercise 3.2 (#1 and #4) is worth 1.5 points.
Exercise 4.2 is worth 1.5 points (only do example 1)

1. Read the following articles and explain how these bills exemplify bipartisanship. Include comparative analysis of the two bills, including their effectiveness and goals. How does each advance the positions of each party?
2. Submit a 3 Paragraph Analytical Short Answer to the above Prompt in PDF only.
3. Follow standard writing guidelines and cite correctly (parenthetical citation).
4. Use additional sources and do some further research on these bills. Support your points.
Article I: https://www.afterschoolalliance.org/afterschoolsnack/Bipartisan-Youth-Workforce-Readiness-Act-reintroduced-in-the_03-20-2023.cfm
Article II: https://afterschoolalliance.org/afterschoolsnack/New-career-education-bill-includes-opportunities-for_05-12-2017.cfm

Please Read and Understand all attachments to help complete this work. IMPORTANT: please only write 400 WORDS, NOT 550.
ASSIGNMENT: Please read the module handbook and write a 400 word blog post demonstrating your understanding of the course and its expectations. Here are some questions that you may consider answering:
 What concepts and theories will we cover, and why are they significant to
the study of the Middle East?
 Can you identify 3 articles or book chapters that may help you to develop a
couple of concepts and theories?
 Please remember the following text: Read the introduction of the article or
the book chapter to gather some ideas.
PLEASE REFER TO THE READING LIST and use it in the bibliogrphy. Please read some of the items on the reading list and use 2/3 of them in the bibliography. Please use Harvard referencing and list the sources by alphabetical order using the author’s last name.

For this exercise, complete the following steps in essay format:
Write a correct social science hypothesis about a relationship between 2 variables. (0.25pts)
Identify the unit of analysis of your hypothesis. (0.5pts)
Identify which is the independent and dependent variable in your hypothesis. (0.25pts)
Define each of the two variables. (0.5pts)
Operationalize each of the two variables by explaining the process by which you will assign units of analysis to variable categories. (i.e. develop empirical indicators) (0.5pts)
For each of your empirical indicators, identify the level of measurement and explain why that is the level of measurement. (0.5pts)
I think you can use the same 2 variables you did as last time

Read the first 7 pages in the Smith chapter (introduction and historical evolution of human rights) Please read, take notes, and present the main points. Share something you found interesting and/or confusing that would be appropriate for my class discussion. You don’t need to put it in an essay format but more like talking points. Thank you.

You must read and write a review and give your opinions on an article. Left a link to the article. Also, the writing format and instructions are uploaded as a guide.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/06/alejandro-mayorkas-texas-immigration-policies/

Write about the uk’s policy making system? How does this policy system will affect domestically and internationally? What action should embassies of the countries in uk do to deal with this kind of policy system? In brief no more 300 words,
– summary
– responses (domestic & international)
– embassy action
– comment : analysis, implications and policy considerations.

Write about the uk’s policy making system? How does this policy system will affect domestically and internationally? What action should embassies of the countries in uk do to deal with this kind of policy system? In brief no more 300 words,
– summary
– responses (domestic & international)
– embassy action
– comment : analysis, implications and policy considerations
( do not copy anything from IA- chatGPT )

see description below afrian wars essay 2. Also feedback from first paper…This is good – nice grasp of the material. Moving forward, let’s consider going one step beyond the ready-made categories and just slotting summaries in them. Instead, think about what YOU can say about all of these different pieces and how YOU can draw a straight line through all of them.
Also – avoid using bullet points.

1. Learn as much as you can about Diane Hessan, our guest speaker. Read this article about her recent research with voters. Come up with two questions you would like to ask her. Of course, when you hear her speak, you might have other questions you want to ask- and that is fine! If people do not volunteer questions, I will pick.
Watch:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2017/03/03/how-are-t…
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/donald-trump-k…
2. Read this NYT article and tell me something your learned or your thoughts about it.
3. To prepare you for our break out group, research your hometown congressional district and your representative. If you are an international student, your congressional district will be either the 6th or 7th Congressional district, MA. You can choose.
o Who represents you in the U.S. House of Representatives? Are they a Democrat or Republican?
o How long have they been in office?
o How popular are they?
o What are the political leanings of the district (for example, solid red, solid blue)
o What would you say are the two most important issues facing your district?
o Is there anything that makes your district unique?