Describes why solution is best for the real-world practice of politics and justifies claims
Overview: You will choose a contemporary political issue and propose a solution by your conception of the public good. You will have the opportunity to take a position on both your understanding of the public good and what you believe is the most effective solution to the problem you have chosen. Support for your positions will be drawn from scholarly, academic sources. You will be required to find sources examining the problem from diverse methodological perspectives using both qualitative and quantitative methods. You will evaluate the overall effectiveness of these methods in analyzing the issue. In order to promote a well-rounded analysis of the issue, you will be required to analyze sources that present a perspective contrary to the solution you propose and evaluate these arguments in an even-handed manner.
At this point, you have completed both Milestone One and Two to prepare you for your rough draft. You have selected a contemporary political issue, described why it is important to you and how it is relevant to the real-world practice of politics, as well as summarized the current literature relevant to your issue in a literature review. In Module Six, you will submit a rough draft of your final paper. Incorporate information from both Milestones One and Two into your rough draft. The rough draft will include the same elements as the final paper, but will not go into as much detail. This rough draft will help you prepare for completing the final paper, due in Module Nine.
Prompt: Specifically, the following critical elements must be included in your rough draft:
· An introduction, including:
o A quick background for your chosen contemporary political issue
o A clear outline of your research
· A personal theory of the public good, including answers to the following:
o How do you define the concept of the public good?
o How does your definition fit within broader discourses concerning the public good?
o What benefits and costs/trade-offs are associated with your definition of the public good?
· A chosen contemporary political issue, including answers to the following:
o What contemporary political issue have you chosen to analyze?
o How is the problem relevant to the real-world practice of politics?
o To whom do you believe the problem is most relevant?
o How does the issue you have chosen fit within the concept of the public good that you have outlined above?
· A methodology, including answers to the following:
o How do the quantitative and qualitative sources you have chosen analyze the issue?
o What methodological perspectives are represented by the sources you have chosen?
o How has the research informed your approach to conceptualizing the issue?
o What ethical implications are raised by the articles you have analyzed?
· Some solutions, including answers to the following:
o How do you think the problem can be most effectively addressed?
o How have perspectives contrary to your own position informed your solution to the problem?
o Why is your solution best for the real-world practice of politics? Justify your claims.
· A conclusion, including:
o A quick summary of the main findings
o The ethical implications raised by the solution you provide to the problem
o The solution that best serves the public good as you have defined it
· Articulation of response:
o Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: This should be 6 to 8 pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), formatted according to APA style, and include at least seven resources that you will use in writing your final paper.
Critical Elements
Evident
Not Evident
Value
Introduction: Background
Includes a quick background for chosen contemporary political issue (5)
Does not include a quick background for chosen contemporary political issue (0)
5
Introduction: Research Outline
Includes a clear outline of your research (5)
Does not include a clear outline of your research (0)
5
Personal Theory: Define Public Good
Defines the concept of public good (5)
Does not define the concept of public good (0)
5
Personal Theory: Broader Discourses
Describes how definition of public good fits within broader discourses concerning the public good (5)
Does not describe how definition of public good fits within broader discourses concerning the public good (0)
5
Personal Theory: Benefits and Costs/Trade-Offs
Describes the benefits and costs/trade-offs that are associated with the definition of public good (5)
Does not describe the benefits and costs/trade-offs that are associated with the definition of public good (0)
5
Political Issue: Choice of Issue
Identifies the contemporary political issue to be analyzed (5)
Does not identify the contemporary political issue to be analyzed (0)
5
Political Issue: Relevancy to Real-World Politics
Describes how the problem is relevant to the real-world practice of politics (5)
Does not describe how the problem is relevant to the real-world practice of politics (0)
5
Political Issue: Relevancy to Whom
Identifies to whom the problem is most relevant (5)
Does not identify to whom the problem is most relevant (0)
5
Political Issue: Public Good
Describes how the selected issue fits within the concept of public good (5)
Does not describe how the selected issue fits within the concept of public good (0)
5
Methodology: Quantitative and Qualitative
Describes how the quantitative and qualitative sources selected analyze the issue (5)
Does not describe how the quantitative and qualitative sources selected analyze the issue (0)
5
Methodology: Perspectives
Identifies what methodological perspectives are represented by selected sources (5)
Does not identify what methodological perspectives are represented by selected sources (0)
5
Methodology: Informed Approach
Describes how the research informed the approach to conceptualizing the issue (5)
Does not describe how the research informed the approach to conceptualizing the issue (0)
5
Methodology: Ethical Implications
Describes the ethical implications raised by the analyzed articles (5)
Does not describe the ethical implications raised by the analyzed articles (0)
5
Solution: Effectively Addressed
Describes how the problem can be most effectively addressed (5)
Does not describe how the problem can be most effectively addressed (0)
5
Solution: Contrary Perspectives
Describes how perspectives contrary to own position informed solution to the problem (5)
Does not describe how perspectives contrary to own position informed solution to the problem (0)
5
Solution: Real-World Politics
Describes why solution is best for the real-world practice of politics and justifies claims (5)
Does not describe why solution is best for the real-world practice of politics or justify claims (0)
5
Conclusion: Summary
Includes a brief summary of main findings (5)
Does not include a brief summary of main findings (0)
5
Conclusion: Ethical Implications
Discusses the ethical implications raised by the identified solution (5)
Does not discuss the ethical implications raised by the identified solution (0)
5
Conclusion: Solution
Identifies the solution that best serves the completed definition of public good (5)
Does not identify the solution that best serves the completed definition of public good (0)
5
Articulation of Response
Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (5)
Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0
