ASSIGNMENT:
Ideology and Public Policy Political Science
For project you will write an essay on some of the things government does, and the ways that political ideas affect policies. You will be using the first three chapters of the Dye and Gaddie textbook as your source material. I expect you to make direct reference to the book in your paper. Please use embedded references that look like this (Dye, pg.13) to cite specifically where you get quotes or ideas that you paraphrase. Do not use outside sources or make reference to materials that I have not assigned for this class.
Connect these four ideas as the basis of your paper:
Discuss at least two of the purposes of government listed in the preamble to the Constitution
What are the basic ideologies in American politics and how do you think they affect what people want the government to do?
What effect does ideology have on what people want in terms of public policy? Discuss at least two of the public policies listed as Outcomes
Can you think of some ways that the structure of the federal government itself, and the system of checks and balances limits the powers of government?
INSTRUCTIONS
Assignment will be:
Three to five double-spaced, typewritten pages in length