Writing within government

Writing within government   Order Description   Introdu?tion For the past several weeks we have been discussing the essentials of argument, Graff & Birkenstein’s advice on argumentative writing, structure and critical anal?sis in writing. We’ve reviewed several examples of writing and discussed what the? do well and what they do not. Building out of this work, you now get a chance to write a short paper using Katznelson as the “They Say” and your essay is the “You Say.” The paper should be no longer than five pages. You can write on a general theme in Katznelson or a single chapter or a single part of his argument as long as you take a critical stance in relation to what you have selected and explain the consequences of your argument for Katznelson’s overall argument. Directions First, carefully read When Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson. Second, take some time to think about the argument of Katznelson. Third, write a 4 page paper critically engaging with Katznelson’s argument while paying close attention to the elements of writing we have been discussing in the prior weeks.   Book: When Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson Professor Ira Katznelson is one of the top Political Science professors in the United States. He teaches at Columbia and has been on the faculty at University of Chicago and the New School for Social Research. He has been president of the American Political Science Association, the Social Science Research Council, and the Social Science History Association. He has too many celebrated books to list here. Yet, I encourage you to read more about him at the Columbia Political Science Department website or any of the biographies that can be read after a simple Google search. When Affirmative Action Was White is one of Katznelson’s more recent books and can easily be paired with his most recent and ambitious book Fear Itself, which would take much more time than is available in this class to read carefully. When Affirmative Action Was White offers a criticism of the grounding ideas of affirmative action and attempts to offer a historical analysis that may provide a stronger, yet less expansive, argument for affirmative action policies. When Affirmative Action Was White has a provocative argument that is open for critical analysis. For this reason, the book was selected as a text for you to interact with and for you to write a short paper about this week.