In three to five paragraphs (three to five sentences each), construct an essay that demonstrates your knowledge of the American Creed in the history of American political thought. Discuss two speeches of Abraham Lincoln and how they drew on or further support the American Creed. Finally, discuss how ideas about the American “frontier” are linked to the American Creed in the contemporary U.S. Use a […]

This week, we focus on the idea of “grand strategy.” Grand strategy refers to the general strategies developed by nation-states—countries like the United States, France, or Australia, for example—to survive and even thrive in the international community. In short, the leadership of every country follows some sort of general plan, which might include the acquisition of natural resources, the defense of a certain region, maintaining […]

The United States military plays a vital role in the international community. While the military plays a role in many areas around the world to include promoting diplomacy, by way of its protection of diplomatic posts worldwide, the most important role it plays in deterring war. The military plays a pivotal role in protecting the U.S., allies, as well as U.S. interests. While U.S. diplomacy […]

This is a short writing assignment. It is a position paper, so there is no right or wrong answer, although the essay is evaluated for thoughtful consideration of the topics covered in this section of the course (American Political Culture, The Founding and the Constitution, Federalism, Political Parties, and theLegislative Branch—Congress). Students should choose one of the following questions to answer for their essay, first […]

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 The exam draws on the following assigned texts: Barrington Moore, �The Democratic Route to Modern Society,� Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Hannah Arendt, �Political Emancipation of the Bourgeoisie,� Origins of Totalitarianism Alexander Motyl, �Imperial Structures,� �Trajectories,� �Futures,� Revolutions, nations, empires Alexander Gerschenkron, �Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective� Andre Gunder Frank, �A Plea for World Systems History� Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World-System Samira Haj, �Introduction,� […]

For this assignment, each student will attend some sort of an open public (government or non-profit) meeting, held during Spring Semester 2018, that deals with some sort of issue related to public policy (for purposes of this assignment, I will interpret the term “public policy” very broadly – essentially, “public policy” means some sort of action on behalf of government). It does not matter to […]

 This project is used as an assessment of your ability to understand public opinion concepts and methodology. You are required to select a contentious topic, research any previous polls over this topic and discuss them thoroughly. Include all information you can gather over the methodology, sample size, etc. Detail why it is important to conduct the poll again or why the previous poll should be […]

The Environmental Protection Agency describes climate change as, “ a significant change in the earth climate.” (Environmental Protection Agency, 2016)  Because of the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas humans have created a problem by adding carbon dioxide into the ozone speeding up climate change and wreaking havoc on the planet. Some of the most drastic environmental changes driven by climate […]

Throughout the course, we have seen many challenges to democracy in the U.S. & California political systems. We have also seen that in the past such challenges have been overcome by the workings of our institutions and processes. From the topics below, choose 2 topics and discuss how they have either helped or hindered democracy. Do you think that your evidence shows that the U.S. […]