Assessment Description: Research and write a report on the policy process using Australia’s Mandatory Detention policy as your policy for review. Utilizing your knowledge of the policy process and stages of policy formulation and implementation, critically discuss how this policy was planned, formulated and implemented. Explain whether any allowance has been made for the systematic evaluation of the policy. Pay particular attention to the issues of empowerment and participation during this process, and to equality, justice and fairness. If social policy is meant to produce greater equality, and to promote justice and fairness in society, explain whether this policy fulfills this objective.

Assignment 1: Politics - Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowDue Week 6 and worth 200 pointsWrite atleast 750 words paper in which the student answers the following three (3) items using headers to separate each item:Discuss either two (2) civil liberties or two (2) civil rights events (past or current) that have influenced a sense of social responsibility in the American government today. Provide examples to support your answer. Note: In your response, consider how the events influenced the way state, local or national political leaders or agencies responded in a socially responsible or ethical manner toward the community.Discuss two (2) media events (past or present) that have positively and or negatively influenced the public’s opinion of a government agency. Provide examples to support your answer. Note: Consider how a news story or media coverage of an event positively or negatively changed the public’s opinion (or perception) regarding how responsible a government agency should be towards meeting the needs of its customers; i.e. the American people.Discuss two (2) differences between the Republican and Democratic parties that may have an ethical impact (positively or negatively) on the American people. Provide examples to support your answer. Note: Consider the different ideals, values, morals, and/or goals held by the Republican and Democratic parties, and their different views on the ethically or morally right way to govern and make the best policies for the people they serve. Determine if your example presents any type of ethical concerns for or against the public interest of the American people.In your research, you cannot use Wikipedia, online dictionaries, Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, or any other Website do that does not qualify as an academic resource.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are to:Identify informed opinions on issues and questions involving the U.S. government, national political processes, policy making, and the notion of democracy.Employ terminology used to study political science and American government.Distinguish between civil rights and civil liberties in the context of Supreme Court protection of freedom of expression.Develop reasoned written and spoken presentations on issues and questions involving the U.S. government and national political processes using information in the course.Explain how the federal system of government works.Explore different perspectives on issues and questions about the U.S. government and national political processes.Describe the importance of an informed, effective citizenship for the national government and political processes.Use technology and information resources to research issues in the field of U.S. government and politics.Write clearly and concisely about U.S. government and politics using proper writing mechanics.

The first video we are going to be watching a video essay by YouTuber Lindsay Ellis instead of a TED talk. (I really enjoy watching her work, and she does impeccable research.) This video directly correlates with our work on the research paper about Monsters. Many of the claims Ellis makes directly relate to theses from Cohen's chapter. After you have watched the short video, respond to the following questions: What is Ellis' thesis or main argument? What does Ellis use to back up her claims? What kind of examples does she share with her audience?Does Ellis try to appeal to your logic, your emotions or both? Think about the big three rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos) and discuss: Does Ellis effectively appeal to her audience? (Remember to use specific examples.) What connections or parallels can you make between Cohen's chapter, Rabin's article, the stories we read this week, and Ellis' video? What was your biggest takeaway or AHA moment from this Talk? What interested you or surprised you the most? Once you have watched the video, please answer the following questions: What was your AHA moment from this video or what stuck out to you most?What connections can you make between this video and Cohen's chapter or anyone of the other sources we've covered?How does this source expand, alter, or improve your knowledge of monsters and how we can analyze them through the lens of race and class?Does Readus try to appeal to your logic, your emotions or both? Think about the big three rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos) and discuss: Does Readus effectively appeal to his audience? (Remember to use specific examples.) Your initial response should be 150-300 words per question. Your intial response must also contain answers to both videos.