One-China policy

way up to then Governor Steve Beshear signing the bill, Representative Santoro allotted me the opportunity to observe how public policy is developed. Additionally, I gained valuable skills in communicating to the public how the government is working to improve their lives and empower society. My main responsibility while interning for Rep. Santoro was to expound his policy stances and why he took that stance to his constituents who had written or emailed him. I believe these communication skills…

strive to obtain accurate data through an individual’s registration process, and tracking of online information. From this point on, the company is able to use the database to achieve its marketing objectives. For instance, Umbrella Gaming could run a one sample t-test to see the average active time online compared to a hypothesized value. Then Umbrella Gaming could run a correlation analysis of active time online against amount of money spent, to see if there is a correlation between the two.…

You’re a kid, you find out that your friend just got a brand new bike for his birthday. One day, he brings the bike over and you watch him ride around the block. You realize you would love to learn how to ride a bike too. Sure there are some special people out there who can pick things up just from watching it. There just isn’t a better way to learn something new than getting your hands in there and actually experiencing it for yourself. You can watch from the sidelines all you want to. You don…

By 1914, the Progressive Era had instilled a healthy dose of positive liberty into American domestic policy, resulting in many important educational, labor, and economic reforms that continue to affect American legislature today. But following WWI, President Woodrow Wilson took the concept of positive liberty to an even more influential level by proposing a new approach to foreign policy that essentially advocated for internationalism. In doing so, he was challenging the American tradition of…

Nice, D. State Party Ideology and Policy Making, The University of Georgia, 780-796 In this article, David Nice delves into party ideologies and their role in state policy decisions. Nice uses information gathered from a wide variety of research studies to assess whether or not party ideologies are reflected in recent state policy decisions. One of the studies present in this source was a Cross- national research study which found that, “ideologies of those in power were related to unemployment…

understand social policy it is imperative that we understand why there is a need to comprehend such policy. Social policy affects individuals, communities and society in direct and in-direct ways on micro and macro levels. As a future social work professional understanding social policy and how it is created assists in achieving an important value of the profession- social justice. By understanding social policy, social work professionals can help break down the barriers that policy can put up,…

actors have a hand in policy creation, adoption, and change. As Goodin, Rein, and Moran (2008) state, policies are created to address problems and change because the policy actors want it to change. There is no central authority in the process; therefore, the power of persuasion is an indispensable element of public policy. Through the power of persuasion, different ideas, concepts, and interpretations are discussed and debated. As Stone (2002) highlights, the ability to form policy positions…

interconnectedness of the globe alone determines the importance of foreign policy and the decisions made. Not only do we have trade agreements, treaties, and deals with different nations, but we are also the world power in a unipolar system. This came to be after years of foreign policy decisions throughout history. The importance of foreign policy has been seen decade after decade. Walter Mead suggests this in his article The American Foreign Policy Legacy when he discusses nineteenth century…

American Foreign Policy is a broad topic; however, in this paper I will discuss Condoleezza Rice’s role as Secretary of State in President George W. Bush’s second term and address ways in which she carried out policy-decisions in Iraq as well as discuss how she viewed her role in the decision-making process; and I will examine the relationships she had with President Bush and members of the National Security Council. It is important to know that Condoleezza Rice became one of the most powerful…

Foreign policies are very important to the United States. The US is recognized as the strongest nation and with that power comes ultimate sense of responsibility. The main purpose of every countries foreign policy is to survive and stay strong in today's world affairs. There were many policies put into place during the years 1895-1920. Many of these policies were made do to realism. Although there were times when we did things do to idealism. Some of these key events include the League of…