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Short Essay – Policy-making in the Federal System. The U.S. government’s expansive role in
public policy is caught in a swirl of conflicting cross-currents. On the one hand, popular expectations about
government’s responsibility to solve problems often exceed the capacity of state and local authorities to respond
effectively. On the other hand, policies developed at the national level may not sufficiently reflect the great
diversity of interests across the US to be effective at the local level. Moreover, the search for effective policy is
further complicated by theoretical debates about the constitutional framework of federalism (e.g., what limits on
national power can be derived from the 10th Amendment?).
Select a policy issue that is in the middle of these cross-currents between national, state, and local authority. It
must be a policy area other than education (the focus of Discussion One in Week Two). Some examples include:
federal health care policy (e.g., Obamacare, Medicaid–not Medicare); federal transportation policy (e.g., federal
transportation subsidies); federal highway policy (e.g., federal rules about the minimum drinking age, speed
limits, or safety); federal urban planning and renewal policy; federal poverty, welfare and unemployment policies;
national security policies that intersect/conflict with local police power; and federal disaster planning and relief.
These are only examples. The policy area that you select must have a significant federalism component that
requires national, state, and local interaction. It should also involve issues with a strong potential for tension or
conflict among different levels of government.
Research and write an essay on a specific policy in the area that you select. (Note: The word “policy” is used
interchangeably with the word “program.”) Your essay must:
a. Clearly identify a specific federal policy (the policy must raise issues of federalism because it requires
national, state, and local interaction and invites tension across different levels of government), and
summarize the elements of the policy, including the problem it is supposed to solve or improve.
b. Summarize the history of the policy. In your summary, explain how the policy raises issues of federalism.
c. Analyze the main pros and cons in debates about the policy.
d. Evaluate the pros and cons from two perspectives:
The policy’s effectiveness. In your evaluation, clearly explain your definition of effectiveness and
how it should be measured or determined.
The policy’s consistency with the constitutional framework of federalism. In your evaluation,
clearly explain your interpretation of American federalism’s constitutional framework and why
the federal policy is or is not consistent with it. a. Clearly identify a specific federal policy (the policy must raise issues of federalism because it requires
national, state, and local interaction and invites tension across different levels of government), and
summarize the elements of the policy, including the problem it is supposed to solve or improve.
b. Summarize the history of the policy. In your summary, explain how the policy raises issues of federalism.
c. Analyze the main pros and cons in debates about the policy.
d. Evaluate the pros and cons from two perspectives:
The policy’s effectiveness. In your evaluation, clearly explain your definition of effectiveness and
how it should be measured or determined.
The policy’s consistency with the constitutional framework of federalism. In your evaluation,
clearly explain your interpretation of American federalism’s constitutional framework and why
the federal policy is or is not consistent with it.
a. Clearly identify a specific federal policy (the policy must raise issues of federalism because it requires
national, state, and local interaction and invites tension across different levels of government), and
summarize the elements of the policy, including the problem it is supposed to solve or improve.
b. Summarize the history of the policy. In your summary, explain how the policy raises issues of federalism.
c. Analyze the main pros and cons in debates about the policy.
d. Evaluate the pros and cons from two perspectives:
The policy’s effectiveness. In your evaluation, clearly explain your definition of effectiveness and
how it should be measured or determined.
The policy’s consistency with the constitutional framework of federalism. In your evaluation,
clearly explain your interpretation of American federalism’s constitutional framework and why
the federal policy is or is not consistent with it.
i. When you express someone else’s ideas, arguments, or facts in your own words, your statement must be
followed by an APA in-text short citation (author, year, and page) to your source. The in-text citation
must correspond to a full APA citation for the source in the reference page.
j. The form of the title page, the body pages, and the reference page must comply with APA style.
Additionally, the title page must include the course number and name, the instructor’s name, and the date
submitted.
k. The essay must use logical paragraph and sentence transitions, complete and clear sentences, and correct
grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
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