Initial Policy Analysis (Public Policy)

Initial Policy Analysis (Public Policy) Order Description Course: Public Policy Assessment 3: Initial Policy Analysis Value: 35% Length: 800 words Due: Sunday 4 September Description In this assessment you will use Bacchi’s first three questions to begin" rel="nofollow">in the analysis of your case study (which you will use for this and the fin" rel="nofollow">inal assessment). This 800 word written assessment is not an essay. You are required to submit a sin" rel="nofollow">ingle response (structured as paragraphs) to each of the three questions. You should begin" rel="nofollow">in with a claim, then provide evidence and further explanation of this claim. You must reference your answers appropriately and write your answer clearly and carefully. You are required to analyse your policy case study by providin" rel="nofollow">ing written answers (approximately 270 words each) to the first three questions from Bacchi’s (WTP) framework. Task In relation to your policy case study provide an 800 word written response which answers all of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions: - • Question 1. What’s the ‘problem’ represented to be in" rel="nofollow">in your case study?; • Question 2. What assumptions underpin" rel="nofollow">in this/these representation/s of the ‘problem’?; and • Question 3. How have this/these representation/s of the ‘problem’ come about? In order to complete this analysis, you will need to become very familiar with Bacchi’s (WTP) framework (see POLI1066 Course Reader for her chapter) and the policy materials for your case study provided on the course Blackboard. You will also need to use other sources to support your analysis in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing relevant material from the Course Reader and for your case study. Time will be dedicated to work shoppin" rel="nofollow">ing this assessment in" rel="nofollow">in the tutorials. You should also refer to the course Blackboard where you will fin" rel="nofollow">ind exemplars and other advice. Assessment criteria Your work will be assessed on the extent to which you have: - • Accurately identified and justified (with evidence) how the policy problem has been represented; • Accurately identified and justified (with evidence) the assumptions which underpin" rel="nofollow">in the problem representation; • Accurately identified and justified (with evidence) how the problem representation has come about; • Accurately used appropriate and relevant readin" rel="nofollow">ings from the POLI1066 Weekly Course Readin" rel="nofollow">ings (ie you have used the POLI1066 Weekly Course Readin" rel="nofollow">ings and other reference material in" rel="nofollow">in a way which demonstrates you both understand the author’s ideas and apply these ideas appropriately as evidence for your argument and analysis); • Accurately and appropriately used Bacchi in" rel="nofollow">in your analysis and referencin" rel="nofollow">ing: and • Presented your fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings in" rel="nofollow">in accordance with the conventions of good academic writin" rel="nofollow">ing, structure and referencin" rel="nofollow">ing. Please note that the origin" rel="nofollow">inality verification software Turnitin" rel="nofollow">in (see https://www.turnitin" rel="nofollow">in.com), will be used on all assessments.