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You are required to respond to the assignment question posted above with no less than 100 words and  make at least two comments on the responses posted by you classmates with a minimum of 50 words. Make sure you design your response with your own words. Your responses to your classmates must be of substance; not just “I agree” or “Good Post.” The purpose of the responses is to convert the discussion forum into a quality academic environment through which you improve your knowledge and understanding. Read and review all assigned course materials and chapters before you start working on your assignments.

Please respond to at least one of the following questions. After you have made your own initial post, please also respond to at least one post by a classmate before the end of Tuesday. Please cite specific pages from Milkis to support your analysis (direct quotes are also welcome).

1. According to Milkis, what was Roosevelt’s motive in his attempt to transform the institution of the presidency and reorganize the executive branch?  Why does Milkis see this as a Third New Deal?

2. How successful was Roosevelt in this attempted transformation? What was the longer-term impact of this effort?

3. How did Roosevelt connect his efforts to specific traditions in American political culture? Why was it important to frame the New Deal as an updated kind of liberal Americanism? (You can also draw on the speech from Roosevelt here.)

4. How would you relate the analysis provided by Milkis to the Skocpol & Finegold argument?

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Note: Hacker and Pierson spend some time early in their article discussing methodology and related questions. You might find it easier to jump ahead to p. 287 (p. 11 of the PDF) and read their more concrete discussion, and then go back to the earlier part of the article.

Please respond to at least one of the following questions. After you have made your own initial post, please also respond to at least one post by a classmate before the end of Thursday. Please cite specific pages from Hacker and Pierson to support your analysis (direct quotes are also welcome).

1. How do Hacker and Pierson understand the nature of business power in U.S. politics? Why do they think this power can fluctuate?

2. If business interests were powerful and opposed to social welfare policies, what happened in the 1930s to make these policies possible (in particular Social Security)?  Why did this kind of policy shift have to happen nationally instead of emerging by different states enacting such reforms?

3. How does the piece by Hacker and Pierson offer a challenge to the focus on state capacity and government actors put forward by Skocpol and Finegold (what Hacker and Pierson call “institutionalist” approaches)? Is it possible to combine these perspectives?

4. Does the possibility that business interests were politically weak in the 1930s mean they had no impact on New Deal policies?  Was the New Deal about a shift in class politics with mobilized workers gaining more influence? Are there reasons the political power of business might have a resurgence after the 1930s?

Your commentaries should meet three goals: 1) give a summary of the key point(s) made in the course reading you are writing about based on your understanding; 2) provide some examples of the evidence used in the reading (possibly including direct quotes) to show how the author supports the key point(s); 3) devote at least two concluding paragraphs to connecting this reading to another class reading (this can be a reading from earlier in the quarter, or another reading assigned on the same date in cases where I have assigned more than one reading).

Part 1: Identify the key point or points in the reading. What is the main argument or key insight you see emerging from this reading? Can you give a quote from the text that supports your understanding of the reading?

Part 2: Identify at least two pieces of “evidence” that the author uses to support the main argument or key point of the reading. In the readings for this class, evidence will often be in the form of specific historical examples that support the larger claim. You should discuss some details from these examples to show how the author makes the point (again, direct quotes are fine, but you should also put some of this into your own words).

For instance, if a reading makes the argument that the declining political power of business interests was an important reason that the New Deal welfare state emerged, the author may then go on to support this point by showing how business interests tried to oppose Social Security, and yet it still passed despite this business opposition.

Also be sensitive to nuance in the author’s analysis, and try to point this out in your commentary. For example, perhaps the author argues that Social Security passed despite business opposition, but then goes on to acknowledge that business interests were able to modify Social Security afterwards in ways that suited their needs (so some business power was still relevant to what happened in the New Deal, even if not dominant).

Part 3: Conclude your commentary by thinking about what this reading adds to other readings in this class. This can include making some comparison with the other reading assigned on that same date in cases where I assign two readings. For example, perhaps you are writing on a reading that describes the positive accomplishments of the New Deal in relation to African Americans, and you want to consider how this fits with the other reading from that day that highlights how the New Deal actually perpetuated racial inequality. Or maybe the specific topic discussed by the reading fleshes out and supports an insight from an earlier reading, and you want to make note of that connection and explore its significance.

1. Students will need to view the following film (click on title):  Poor Kids  If you are not able to access the film, please use the following link: https://www.pbs.org/video/poor-kids-update-o0msfd/
2. Students will need to respond to the following questions:
   1. Explain the term Economic Restructuring.
   2. What were some of the consequences of the economic restructuring on these families?  Make sure to use specific examples from the film.
   3. Applying the sociological imagination to this film—Poor Kids:
      1. Explain a personal trouble and provide an example from the film illustrating the personal trouble;
      2. Explain a public issue of this film and provide an example from the film illustrating the public issue.
   4. Using your sociological imagination explain how living in poverty can determine persons’ life chances (make sure to explain the term life chances in your own words) Your responses need to be as specific as possible.
   5. How does this film connect to the chapter on social stratification? — your response needs to include relevant sociological concepts from chapter on social stratification, relevant specific examples from the film, and clear explanation of the connections.  Please make sure to bold the sociological concepts you use from the chapter.
   6. Why do you think this film was shot using children’s perspectives about poverty?
   7. Explain what types of structural changes are needed in order to change the lives of families/children living in poverty.

Select someone in a leadership position at your organization or at a local company where you might seek employment. This individual could be a director, manager, supervisor, or CEO of the organization.

Write a  profile of the individual that you interviewed for your company’s newsletter, and include the following:

• Identify the individual and their position within the company, and briefly describe the organization.
• Interpret the individual’s leadership style based on the Five-Factor personality model, and offer one or more examples of the management and leadership roles of this individual.
• Explain one incident where this individual had to solve a difficult problem or situation because things did not go as planned.
• Describe the lessons that she/he learned from being able to problem solve, even when what she/he had been taught did not work.

What were the two principal class conflicts during Matlhus’ lifetime (1766 – 1834)?
Hunt & Lautzenheiser point out that the working-class suffered the real costs of the industrial revolution. In what ways did workers suffer during the industrial revolution?
How did the development of industrial capitalism alter the conditions of work for normal working people? What does it mean to say that “the worker became an appendage to the…machine?”
What was the Combination Act of 1799? According to Hunt & Lautzenheiser, what prompted its creation? What was its purpose and whose interests did it serve?
What were the Corn Laws? Explain their role in the conflict between capitalists and landlords.

Imagine you are creating a new and innovative technology company. In this assignment, consider the culture, management, and leadership of your organization. Remember that your company should be a place that people want to work. Write a paper in which you: Describe the characteristics of the people you would want working at your company, in relation to the culture you are trying to cultivate. Identify two (2) leadership qualities you would look for in employees. What does their background and previous experience look like? Discuss your company’s organizational culture. What are the ways you can help ensure that the company’s culture fosters creativity and innovation among employees? Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements: This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Explain the principal theories and the various approaches to management that have evolved over time and their application to current management situations. Assess how various leadership styles fit cultural differences and effectively operate in global markets. Describe control systems that can improve a firm’s operations and facilitate change. Use technology and information resources to research issues in management concepts. Write clearly and concisely about management concepts using proper writing mechanics.

To explore, assess and provide guidance to a country, regional government or global governing body on how to address a market failure occurring within“ U.S. Banking Industry ” Detail requirement please check the attached document.

Summarize the main principles or points of Socrates’s theory of Justice, Plato’s theory of justice and of Aristotle’s theory of justice.Which do you prefer? excerpted from: https://www.iep.utm.edu/justwest/