1. Describe the checks and balances on the powers of the three branches of American government. 2. Describe the differences between unitary, con-federal and federal systems of government and explain why the United States system of government is preferred.

One of the following topics: Topic#1: the right to self-defense and Gaza (Was Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in 2014 in line with the right to self defence?) Topic#2: Gaza, Israel and R2P (How and to what extent is R2P relevant to the conflict between Gaza and Israel? Could it add something and be useful?) Topic#3: Gaza, Israel and the veto […]

1.) Why would the professor include the Huntington article about Hispanics and the Killer Mike video called “Reagan” in this Module on “how democracies die”? 2.) What are some key things that Atchison’s final chapter suggests about rebuilding democracies so that they are stable and lasting? https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/28/the-hispanic-challenge/

Purpose: Continue building student skills in quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, while adding critical thinking to the mix. Instructions: Do the reading, listen to the professor’s lecture, and watch the video for Module 5. Then answer the questions below. Use at least two direct quotes in each answer, and also show me you can summarize someone else’s argument beyond quoting. Write […]

Read the required texts, and then answer the questions below. (You may do this in the text-entry box or by creating a new Word document, saving it with your name somewhere in the File Name, and then uploading it as your completed assignment.) In your answers, use your skills in quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Draw on at least two texts […]

Purpose: Continue building student skills in quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, while adding critical thinking to the mix. Instructions: Do the reading, listen to the professor’s lecture, and watch the various videos. Then answer the questions below. Use at least two direct quotes in each answer, and also show me you can summarize someone else’s argument beyond quoting. Write no more […]

Most often, when people think of social welfare programs they think of welfare programs for the poor or needy. However, the federal government also provides the middle and upper classes, including the elderly who may or may not be poor, with many social policies that benefit their groups. Describe the policies specifically for the middle and upper classes (including middle […]

George Washington warned that the “spirit of party…agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.” In light of the extraordinary polarization that currently exists in the American political party system, what do you think of Washington’s view of political parties? Given that the founders rejected the […]

The task of this paper is to tell a story examining the form of oppression that most centrally affects YOUR life. In writing your story, you should identify the specific form of oppression you wish to discuss (what is the group being mistreated) and then write about the concrete and daily ways that it shows itself in your life. That […]