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

Write an article review using these articles:

Davis, Charles. 2001. “The West in Flames: The Intergovernmental Politics of Wildfire Suppression and Prevention.” Publius 31, no. 3: 97-110.
AND
Potoski, Matthew. 2001. “Clean Air Federalism: Do States Race to the Bottom?” Public Administration Review 61, no. 3: 335-342.
Obtain these articles through the school library online. Complete the assignment in Turabian Author-Date style in Times New Roman , with margins of 1”. Provide a title page and place page numbers in the upper right corner of the document. A template for this assignment has been provided for you in the announcements. It is expected that there will be ample citations throughout the assignment. However, there should be no more than one or two short quotes. Paraphrase and summarize the material instead.
The review should include :
• Two Annotations [300–400 words each]. Each annotation should summarize the article, including identifying the research question/thesis, methodology used, evidence or data presented, major findings, and overall strengths or weaknesses of the article. Place a bibliographic reference at the top of each annotation.
• One Synthesis [750–800 words]. 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 do these thinkers offer to inform us about black identify, political behavior, popular culture?Explain your answer.

Each student must select two prominent African American political thinkers
and write a short paper  that discusses the individual’s biographical data, values, beliefs, and behavior that that shaped each person’s thinking as displayed in their
speeches and writings about the complexities of race in the United States.

In particular, examine the thinkers’ conceptualization of the historical and contemporary forces contributing to their understanding of the causes and solutions, political and otherwise, for ameliorating the predicament of race, racism, and overcoming the status of an “out group” by African Americans.
What do these thinkers offer to inform us about black identify, political behavior,
popular culture?, and so forth that reflect the evolution of African American racial
and political thought, including the appropriate approaches and strategies for grappling with the complex issues of African American economic and political development.

In addition, critically assess to what extent do your two thinkers
offer use able contributions for current political actors to think about, act on, and
strategize around in addressing contemporary concerns, issues, and/or strategies
in African American politics and public policy.

Identity and nation state and how nation state decides to build citizenship based of ethno religious identity thereby excluding the minorities.

Citizenship, identity and nation-state

Relation between identity and nation state and how nation state decides to build citizenship based of ethno religious identity thereby excluding the minorities. Especially in contest to post colonial societies in South Asia adoption g the Westphalia concept of nation- states thereby explaining the rohingya exclusion based on ethnic religious identity.

Discuss the genesis of the American jeremiad and the positive and negative influences on emerging American identities.

author a three-page paper on the genesis of the American jeremiad and the positive and negative influences on emerging American identities. Please consider the Salem Witch Trials, the American Revolution, the intersect of race and capitalism, and the quest for natural rights when constructing the paper. The essay must cite a minimum of three scholarly articles and provide proper citations.

Using the chapter on “Civil Liberties and Public Policy” from your text, summarize the types of free speech and expression that are protected by the First Amendment and indicate what types are not protected (give examples of each).

1. Using the chapter on “Civil Liberties and Public Policy” from your text, summarize the types of free
speech and expression that are protected by the First Amendment and indicate what types are not
protected (give examples of each). Also, indicate how the Supreme Court has ruled on issues of
“Compelled speech” and “commercial speech.” (Approximately 150-200 words)
2. The author of “The Problem of Free Speech in an Age of Disinformation” indicates that distortions
of truth and waves of speech from extremists are a threat to democracy in the United States. She
notes that some scholars believe that Americans’ way of thinking about free speech may not be the
best way. From your reading of this article, how has the United States historically dealt with free
speech issues, particularly of speech that is controversial or extreme? How has this approach shown?
to be problematic (in the eyes of some) given the changes in the media landscape? Be sure to
describe some examples of specific problems that have arisen. (Approximately 150-200 words)
3. According to the author of “The Problem of Free Speech in an Age of Disinformation,” what
solutions to these problems have social media companies implemented and how effective have these
efforts been? What obstacles stand in the way of America’s disinformation problems (when
compared to European democracies)? What possible government regulations could be?
implemented? (Approximately 150-200 words

What is your understanding of the term “corporate power”, and what does it mean business-government relations in a liberal democracy such as Canada?

Readings: Uneasy Partnerships, Hale Chapter 5
Mikler, John. 2018. The Political Power of Global Corporations. Cambridge, UK: Polity
Press. Chapter 1 (1 – 22) (Available in attachments)
MAIN DISCUSSION QUESTION:
What is your understanding of the term “corporate power”, and
what does it mean business-government relations in a liberal democracy such as Canada?