Assignment:
Introduction
On Friday November 28, 2014 Governor Jay Nixon of Missouri indicated that he was calling a special legislative session to deal with the rising costs incurred by the state related to the protests and civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri (read NYT article Though Strain and Damage Are Visible, Uneasy Truce Holds in Ferguson (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., by Alan Blinder and Mitch Smith, 2014).
Civil unrest whether in Ferguson, Missouri or Miami, Florida requires a collaborative and engaged response from government organizations. Farmbry (2009) writes that "the public servant of the future will have to work with increasingly diverse population in mind and with a better understanding of his or her processes of constructing images of The Other as someone influenced by his or her actions (p. xxiii)". For this exam you are being asked to apply themes explored in the first half of PAD 5043 to government and minority group relations using Ferguson, Missouri as the example.
Exam Instructions
For exam you should select three (3) current (2013 - 2018) sources of information (One article from an academic journal, one government report and one article from popular media [New York Times or Washington Post for example]) that have examined government and minority relations in Ferguson, Missouri. After examining your selected sources, present the following:
The main argument or thesis for each source;
A discussion of the contribution made to course materials and concepts (by the author(s) of each article and report), including course texts and dialogue (Discussion Board where applicable); and
Identification and assessment of recommendations for improving and enhancing government and minority group relations in Ferguson.
Please validate your arguments by incorporating and properly citing relevant literature.