Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion question, read Chapters 5 and 6 in American Government. In addition, read the following articles: “What Are the Arguments Made in Favor – and Against – the Electoral College?,” “GOP Leaders United in Defense of the Electoral College,” and the ProQuest article “Why the Electoral College is Bad for America.” Also, please watch this week’s videos,Episode I – A […]

Unit IV Article Critique  The purpose of this assignment is to investigate professional journals in the field of fire prevention of interest to you. The objective of your critique is to find an article and compare the information in the article to what you have been learning in class. Critique the article in terms of how the information within the article supports or disproves material […]

You are an assistant professor with the Department of Homeland Security, currently teaching undergraduate students at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. You gave a lecture on the U.S. Constitution, homeland security policies, laws and strategies, and their implementation at the national, state, and local levels. Your lecture was quite detailed and long, and many of the students have contacted you with follow-up questions. 

Our textbook identifies four characteristic attitudes and behaviors of political culture within democratic societies. Explain each of the four characteristics. How does the U.S. measure up to these four key characteristics?   200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, 

Assignment 2: Small-Business PreferenceDue Week 4 and worth 120 points Imagine you are a service-disabled veteran and have made your hobby of building model airplanes into a small business that produces very small remote control aircraft capable of long sustained flights. You are ready to expand your business by competing for Department of Homeland Security contracts. Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in […]

An effective method for learning about cost benefit analysis is to review and analyze case studies. For this assignment you will need to choose a cost-benefit analysis to analyze and critique. You can locate cost-benefit analysis using the Online Library or using a search engine. Please use an analysis which has been released in the past five years. Your essay should briefly summarize the case, […]

International Relations scholars appear to disagree on the causes of economic underdevelopment, and unequal distribution of wealth among nations. Neo-Marxist scholars explain these inequalities through a systemic theory, focusing on a world system that benefits some states disproportionally. Others argue that the causes of economic underdevelopment are to be found in unit-level attributes. Which of these two examples do you find most compelling? Why? 

Affirmative Action is a controversial issue and many people discuss it without knowing much about what it is and how well it has or hasn’t worked. Prepare a 4- to 6-page paper in which you answer the following questions relying on academic, peer-reviewed journals, which may include law journals, being sure to use APA style for your in-text citations and references list. You should have […]

1. The authors of several chapters of your textbook have analyzed the nature, scope, and evolution of the Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli conflicts and ramifications of its wars on world politics by employing several perspectives: Realism (balance of power, security dilemma), Identity (domestic and regional), and Liberal (institutional and ideological). The authors also relied on different levels of analysis to explain the outcome and analyze the […]

he United States, compared to countries like France, does not have a very strong central government.  For example, public education in the United States is almost wholly within the domain of local government.  In a two- to three-page paper (in addition to a title and references page), analyze the balance of power in our federal system.  Consider the following questions in a cohesive analysis: Should […]