STRT 2265: Business Government Relations

One “issue-tracking” forecasting project (30%),

Here are a few guidelines for the final paper. By 1 December at the start of class, I will want a double-spaced paper, of no more than 1200 words of text (word count please) and no more than 10 pages in length. Please provide an overview of the legislative, executive branch, or court activity in the area of your research, with your analysis of what political and economic forces are at work. Please make a forecast about the likely outcome of the events. When relevant, I expect you to use class readings as part of your analysis. Remember to tell me/us what political and economic forces are at work!; who the parties at interest are!; what laws are relevant!

In all cases, please use standard bibliographic practices. You may use either point cites (e.g., Jones 1995, 17) or footnotes. Full bibliographic entries are required in the reference section, which need not count toward the word count limit. Charts, tables, graphs, and so forth are very welcome, and are to be included as part of the page limit.

The final results of the paper will be presented to your classmates in class on 1 or 3 December. Please do not miss the presentations of your colleagues. An “initial” presentation of your topics and question – one minute each!- is now scheduled for 24 November.

Polling and related web sites:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/polls_index.html
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm
http://www.latinobarometro.org/index.php?id=150
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/politics/polls

The following general tracked events feeds are available for legislation:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/legislation.xpd
• Recently Active Legislation: View all recent legislative activity, including the introduction and passage of legislation.
• Recently Active Legislation-Excluding Newly Introduced Bills: View all recent legislative activity, excluding the introduction of new bills and resolutions.
• Newly Introduced Bills: A feed just for newly introduced bills and resolutions.
• Enacted Laws: A feed just for bills that are enacted as law.
• Other customized feeds are available for committees, subject terms, Members of Congress, and individual bills.

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