What are the four behavioral warning signs of an autocratic politician? Go into detail. Why are populist outsiders often authoritarians? How can we prevent autocrats from gaining power in Canada? Explain.

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QUESTIONS

In chapter 1 of their book, Levitsky and Ziblatt discuss how to identify authoritarians. What are the four behavioral warning signs of an autocratic politician? Go into detail. Why are populist outsiders often authoritarians? How can we prevent autocrats from gaining power in Canada? Explain.

Chapter 4 of Levitsky and Ziblatt is about the subversion of democracy. How can democracy break down? Discuss in detail three ways in which would-be-dictators can establish a permanent advantage over opponents. Of these three, which do you believe is most damaging to democracy? Why?

Is there a problem and if so with whom would you seek to resolve it?

Imagine that you are HPSCI staffer receiving an informal budget briefing halfway through the third quarter of the fiscal year. On the agenda is a new, relatively modest, but high interest, multi-year long MIP project exploiting captured materials. It’s funding was originally included in the appropriated “no-year money” part of an Overseas Contingency Operations  supplemental to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act passed late last autumn. However, now the project lead has shared with you a rumor that someone in the “management chain” may seek to have the project’s budget authority recategorized as O&M, as part of current operations. She is concerned this would present a problem? Is there an issue? If so, how can it be resolved?

Imagine you are the SSCI staff project monitor of the jointly NIP(NGP)/MIP funded research and development of a new sensor. The funding was provided in the Defense Appropriations Act, and the project was included in the National Intelligence Authorization Act. However, for some reason it was deleted during conference discussions from the Defense Authorization Act. Is there a problem and if so with whom would you seek to resolve it?

 

What is to be done about racial identity in America? What are the arguments for and against? Analyze/Discuss.

Pick ONE of the following 4 Questions/Statements and write a 5-page analytical paper.
Note: the first page should attempt to summarize the main arguments by respective Black Political Thinker(s).
The next 3.0 – 3.5 pages should analyze the issue presented in the question/statement below.
Your analysis should reflect at least two lenses, one positive and another negative. Include your own personal assessment by considering the realities then, present or even the future. Use the material from the book and films we have watched. You are free to include outside sources.
Pick ONE of the following
Frederick Douglas, Alexander Crummell, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois can all be considered “Angels of light and darkness”. Analyze/Discuss.

Douglas, Crummell, Washington and DuBois can be considered ‘Reconstructionists’ and/or Progressivists given their struggle to improve the lives of freed slaves. Analyze/Discuss.

Racial Identity is an issue that Douglas, Crummell, Washington and DuBois struggled with, especially for African-Americans. What is to be done about racial identity in America? What are the arguments for and against? Analyze/Discuss.

What were the results of the previous election? What were the major issues in the preceding parliament leading up to the election? Which parties contested the election?

The written report is a two-to-three page summary of the presentation. This is not a formal paper but rather an outline of the presentation and it should include a list of sources used for the presentation. The oral presentation should be approximately 25-30 minutes in length.

The following are some topics that should be included in the oral reports :

What were the results of the previous election?
What were the major issues in the preceding parliament leading up to the election?
Which parties contested the election?
Who were the party leaders?
When were they chosen, how were they chosen, what were the dynamics of the leadership
campaign?
What were the major issues of the election campaign?
What was the style/nature of the election campaign?
What were the election results?

How does the Ford government’s COVID-19 response fit into the common understandings of Ontario’s political culture?

Though the Ontario political culture has been characterized as “conservative” and “progressive,” these words are rarely used in conjunction to capture Premier Doug Ford. How does the Ford government’s COVID-19 response fit into the common understandings of Ontario’s political culture?

The Political Culture Briefing Note introduces students to a style of concise and precise writing associated with briefing notes. It is a short assignment of 3-4 pages . Students are asked to evaluate the Ford government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic using Ontario political culture. The briefing note must have a unifying argument in response to the assignment’s question, define the Ontario political culture and describe the core actions taken by the Ford government for the pandemic.

The document should be single-spaced and can involve a combination of short paragraphs and bullet notes. Students can find resources and more details on briefing notes and the assignment on the course Brightspace site.

Identify a key issue and supporting research question in Homeland Security and Emergency Management . Create one research hypothesis that may answer the research question.

Use your approved research questions and hypotheses to develop research variables and a literature review for submission during Week 2.
During Week 3, 4, and 5, conduct research and write a research paper that is between 10 to 12 pages in length and includes the following basic structure.
Identify a key issue and supporting research question in Homeland Security and Emergency Management .
Create one research hypothesis that may answer the research question. You may use one that you formulated for Week 1 assignment, “Research Project Preparation”. The hypothesis must be clearly stated in a stand-alone statement then supported with a paragraph discussion.
Establish research variables for analysis and subsequent confirmation or refute of the research hypothesis . The research variables must be clearly stated in a stand-alone statement then supported with a paragraph discussion to describe the type of variable, whether is it dependent or independent.

Analyze the research question and supporting hypothesis .
Construct a conclusion of research.
Include a reference page, which does not count towards the summative assignments page total. The reference page should be as long as needed to accurately account for all utilized research materials. Each item of the reference page should be in APA Style , as outlined in the UAGC Writing Center, and include where the reference was located. All references listed on the reference page must be used and cited within the paper.

Discuss 1st wave, defining and discussing limitations such as perfect implementation referring to literature and how this applied to the travel bans.

In addition to the definition of policy implementation, present and explain the policy implementation approach employed for the policy.
• List the challenges and issues linked to the implementation of the policy. and present recommendations on how the policy could be effectively implemented
• Discuss 1st wave, defining and discussing limitations such as perfect implementation referring to literature and how this applied to the travel bans.
• In conclusion, the rationale of the policy and where NPM may have added value, referring to literature.

How can national policy re-shape intergovernmental relationships within the federal system”?

ARTICLE REVIEW: CONTEMPORARY POLICY ISSUES ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The synthesis addresses the prompt question, using the two articles to respond to the question, providing comparison/contrast and agreement/ disagreement between them. Organize the synthesis around answering the prompt question. The structure of the synthesis should be the response to the question. For this assignment, the prompt question is, “According to the authors, how can national policy re-shape intergovernmental relationships within the federal system”?

What is this topic or problem? Why is this topic or problem/solution important? How does the topic or problem/solution directly affect the audience?

The Army needs to prepare for possible full range combat with Russia and China. Our Army is likely to confront Russia and China which could be armed with weapons that are now more superior to some of our own.

The Problem Statement section provides information about the topic or problem introduced in the White Paper. This section should include a discussion of the importance of the topic or solution. You should present the detailed findings of your research in this section. Questions to consider include:

What is this topic or problem? Why is this topic or problem/solution important? How does the topic or problem/solution directly affect the audience? Do not pose problems for which you cannot provide solutions. The problem statement will, most often, naturally flow right into the discussion.