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Week 10 discussion 1 & 2 must be answered in format listed below:
DISCUSSION 1
“The “Underwear Bomber”” Please respond to the following:
· In the textbook, Birkland argues that the “underwear bomber” case tipped the balance in favor of using screening machines that showed a clearer image of a screened passenger’s body under his or her own clothes. Take a position on the following question and provide support for your position: Do you agree that public sentiment supports the use of such machines?
· Take a position on the following question and provide support for your position: Does the failed attempt to bomb Northwest Airlines flight 253 in 2009 (“underwear bomber”) reflect policy failure or policy success?
Here is a checklist for you to consider as you construct responses for Discussion Question 10.1:
>> Did you take a position on screeners? 4 pts)
>> Did you pick between policy failure or success with justification? (2 pts)
>> Is your post free of grammatical and typing errors? (1 pts)
>> Is your post longer than 250 words? (1 pts)
>> Did you provide substantive responses to at least one other post? (2 pts)
DISCUSSION 2
“Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up” Based on the lecture, address the following:
· Evaluate and then suggest the most important problem with top-down models of policy implementation by citing at least two problems associated with this model.
· Evaluate and then discuss whether bottom-up approaches address these problems.
· Analyze the bottom-up shortcomings.
· On balance, evaluate which model you think would best aid someone who is attempting to design a policy and support your reasons.
Here is a checklist for you to consider as you construct responses for Discussion Question 10.2:
>> Did you cite two problems with the top down model? (2 pts)
>> Did you make a claim about how bottoms-up addresses the problems? (1 pts)
>> Did you assess bottoms-up weaknesses? (2 pts)
>> Did you analyze the whole model? (1 pts)
>> Is your post free of grammatical and typing errors? (1 pts)
>> Is your post longer than 250 words? (1 pts)
>> Did you provide substantive responses to at least one other post? (2 pts)
