Would it be best to differentiate the party from the Liberals on an issue like the carbon tax plan or would it be best if the party supports the government?

Your job: What stance will most benefit an opposition party?
Pick a major, national opposition political party . Imagine that you have been hired as a political consultant as the party seeks to increase its share of the electorate before the next election.
Please advise the party’s political director, Max D. Vote, on how to best respond to any news of the Oshawa’s plant closing . Max D. Vote wants to know whether this closing should be an opportunity to criticize the government’s carbon tax plan, framing it as unfriendly to business, or whether the party should embrace at least some aspects of the carbon tax plan in an effort to grow sectors of the economy other than manufacturing and the Alberta oil sands.
Would it be best to differentiate the party from the Liberals on an issue like the carbon tax plan or would it be best if the party supports the government?

How do we make the setting of the Global Health agenda more democratic?

The task is to write a text in the format of a blog post for a non-specialized audience answering the question “How do we make the setting of the Global Health agenda more democratic?. The length should be 400. References must be embedded as hyperlinks.

https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/global-health-on-the-international-agenda-lessons-from-the-pandemic-for-a-new-role-for-spain-in-the-world/

Analyse the cybersecurity preparedness of your chosen state by assessing their formal cybersecurity strategy , the cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare threats they are most likely to face, and the measures that they still need to take to protect the state, its critical infrastructure, and citizens.

Cybersecurity

Write a profile of the cybersecurity strategy and threat environment of one of the following states:
1. Finland
2. India
3. Republic of Ireland
4. United States

Analyse the cybersecurity preparedness of your chosen state by assessing their formal cybersecurity strategy , the cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare threats they are most likely to face, and the measures that they still need to take to protect the state, its critical infrastructure, and citizens.

Compare and contrast state and market led approaches to explain economic development and evaluate them in at least one country/region discussed in class. Are any of these approaches more likely to promote development? Why?

Respond in about 2 pages the following question, based on the materials this week:
What factors can explain why do countries develop and grow? Compare and contrast state and market led approaches to explain economic development and evaluate them in at least one country/region discussed in class. Are any of these approaches more likely to promote development? Why?

Would you make the same choice now? What specific evidence/learnings in the course can you point to that affirm your original selection?

Follow up to state strength and legitimacy

Chapter one of the textbook discussed three broad answers to the question of what explains political behavior: individual motivation, culture and ideology, and underlying structures.

In our initial discussion in week one, you were asked to describe which of these three was most intuitively appealing to you.

Would you make the same choice now? What specific evidence/learnings in the course can you point to that affirm your original selection?

If you would NOT make the same choice any longer, what specific learnings from the course changed your mind?

What does the history of reforms to the German welfare state teach us about the debate over the effects of globalization on social policy? Is the hyperglobalization thesis correct, or do national distinctions still matter?

Read the case studies on the U.S and Germany relating to welfare. Then, answer the following questions in depth.

1. What does the history of reforms to the German welfare state teach us about the debate over the effects of globalization on social policy? Is the hyperglobalization thesis correct, or do national distinctions still matter?

2. What values underlie German’s Christian democratic welfare state, and do these seem to have changed fundamentally in the last decade?

3. What does the U.S. reform effort suggest about which type of social policy is most efficient at reducing poverty?

4. Comparing the U.S. and Germany, how much of a difference is there now between the Christian democratic and liberal welfare state models?

Did you feel uncomfortable speaking to voters, or was it exhilarating? Did you feel like you were doing something important, or pointless? Were you ever bored or nervous?

Political Campaign Service Learning Experience

This journal is to be shared with your instructor and/or your TA, and only your instructor/TA, unless you have explicit permission from the campaign to share your thoughts and experiences more extensively or publicly . It is up to you whether you will share any details of your experiences on social media.

Diary Content
Describe what you did and why. To answer why, please ask the candidate or a member of his/her staff. If you have a chance to converse with the candidate or a member of his/her staff, relate what they say.
Assess whether you think the activities you participated in helped realize the campaign’s goals.
Chronicle how you felt while working with the campaign. For instance, did you feel uncomfortable speaking to voters, or was it exhilarating? Did you feel like you were doing something important, or pointless? Were you ever bored or nervous?
Interpret how people you encounter respond to you, your actions, or the campaign messaging? What might explain their behaviour?
Speculate as to whether there are any broader lessons to be learned about political strategy from your experiences. Did your experience tie into anything we’ve discussed in class so far?

What are the main points of agreement and disagreement? What are the methodologies and sources that have led people to particular conclusions?

In this section, you will explain the debate on the topic and related issues as it exists today. The questions that you will want to address here include: What are the main points of agreement and disagreement? What are the methodologies and sources that have led people to particular conclusions? What frameworks and theories are other scholars employing, and how does the choice of framework affect the answer to the research question? How and why has the debate changed over time?
A good “state of the field” section will not simply summarize the existing literature, but explain why scholars have asked certain questions, reached particular conclusions, and so on. You don’t have to cover every single piece written on the topic: rather, give the reader an analysis of how the debate has evolved. Start with the relevant frameworks and move down to the more specific literature. In the final paragraph of the section, explain how you will intervene in the ongoing debate. Do you want to test a theory? Challenge a particular interpretation?
Take sides in a disagreement between groups of scholars?