inflated costs for prescription medication
Why does the United States have such inflated costs for prescription medication?
political science
Three Strikes
Three-strikes laws are the most obvious and controversial use of selective incapacitation. In 2004, approximately 26 states and the U.S. federal court system had three-strikes laws. In most cases, three felonious convictions result in a mandatory life sentence with no possibility of parole. In the case of Lockyer v. Andrade, …
The benefits of attending national code hearings
Using the internet as well as professional journals, articles and other academically recognized sources, discuss the following in this week’s discussion: Your request to attend code development hearings has been denied based on the city manager’s belief that the potential benefit does not justify the expense. Aside from the ability …
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Karl Marx
Prompt: Karl Marx (and Thrasymachus long before him) would argue that ideologies are simply elaborate ways of rationalizing one’s own self-interest. Is he right? Why or why not? Try to use examples from all the ideologies discussed in the unit.
Karl Marx
Prompt: Karl Marx (and Thrasymachus long before him) would argue that ideologies are simply elaborate ways of rationalizing one’s own self-interest. Is he right? Why or why not? Try to use examples from all the ideologies discussed in the unit.
Piece of Legislation
Choose one big piece of legislation (such as the Dodd-Frank or the American Health Care Act) or one big issue (such as gun control or immigration). Then dig deeply into campaign contributions and lobbying strategy by different stakeholders for the topic that you choose. A 2000 words paper.
What are the consequences of China’s rise for international politics?
It’s originally 2500 word essay and the main topic is to discuss “What are the consequences of China’s rise for international politics?”. Using Harvard style (and in text-citation also need a page number).
Natural or quasi natural experiment
Design a natural or quasi natural experiment, along the lines described in the King, Keohane, and Verba chapter, to answer a research question relevant to comparative politics. Remember, the value of a and experiment/quasi-experiment is that you can hold all other variables constant so that you can isolate and identity the causal variables …
Disparities in wealth across many countries
Social capital has been found by many scholars to be responsible for the disparities in wealth across many countries. Explain the concept of social capital as well as why is social capital such an intrinsic and essential component of democratic regimes
Meritocratic system
How does a meritocratic system differ from a clientelist system? What features distinguish the two from one another, and how and why do they correlate with democratic vs. authoritarian regimes
