Essay, Political Science
Project description
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
In this approximately 4-5 page essay you should evaluate the history of the event, review what the policy literature says about the issue, and place your analysis in a social and political context. Draw connections to our text and other relevant readings. Multimedia tools are encouraged.
SPECIFIC QUESTION:
How has Congressional agenda setting changed over time? Using the datasets and trending tools available from the Policy Agendas Project (UT at Austin) evaluate a policy trend in Congress. Choose at least one topic, like education or the environment, but compare and contrast studies like the one shown below can be very indicative of Congress’ priorities. Please include your chart in your essay.
** Please note: some students have reported problems when using the charting tool in Internet Explorer. It works fine in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. **
Here is an example:
What does this chart say about Congress’ agenda setting and policy making over time? This is just an example, you use whatever topics that interest you.
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Added on 02.03.2015 17:30
The subject of this assignment is Public Policy.
