Texas policy

  This activity is an opportunity for you to closely examin" rel="nofollow">ine a contemporary policy issue facin" rel="nofollow">ing the state of Texas- Over its history, the Texas government has had many conflicts with the national government as part of the dynamics under a federal system of governance- These disputes have heated up in" rel="nofollow">in recent years, and in" rel="nofollow">include immigration policy, education policy, environmental policy, social welfare policy and many others issues- Select one of personal in" rel="nofollow">interest and objectively outlin" rel="nofollow">ine the nature of the dispute- This will allow you to work towards fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ing a solution- Take in" rel="nofollow">into consideration constitutional disputes as well as political, economic and cultural differences- Look at the history underlyin" rel="nofollow">ing the dispute, how it is playin" rel="nofollow">ing out within" rel="nofollow">in the governin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">institutions, and how you thin" rel="nofollow">ink the issue may be resolved, assumin" rel="nofollow">ing that is possible- Step 1: Identify the issue and how both the US government and Texas government have been currently addressin" rel="nofollow">ing it (historical perspective)- Step 2: Gather a min" rel="nofollow">inimum of three scholarly research articles and additional news/current events relevant to the topic- Step 3: Prepare a formal policy report that is a min" rel="nofollow">inimum of 1000 words (excludin" rel="nofollow">ing cited text), which in" rel="nofollow">includes a discussion of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: A statement of the current policy Reasons for in" rel="nofollow">initiatin" rel="nofollow">ing changes Policy options to be considered Pros and cons of each option Recommended course of action Reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing for selectin" rel="nofollow">ing that course of action