Posted: September 13th, 2017

The Rogerian assignment

The Rogerian assignment

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The Rogerian assignment directions are as follows:
This essay should be between 900 and 1000 words. First, you will choose a topic of interest that has two opposing sides. Then, you need to research that topic in order to specify the topic?s scope, so it can be easily discussed in a shorter, 1000 word essay

This essay must include a minimum of five sources. Three should peer-reviewed sources preferably from the APUS databases. You may use eBooks; however, as discussed earlier this semester, books generally are not as current as peer-reviewed articles. You may also use primary sources (interviews, statistics, etc); however, these primary sources should be obtained from experts within that field. If you cannot find strong sources for your chosen topic, then change your topic. If you have a question about the validity of a source, please email me, or post your question to the open forum.

Make sure to include the following sections in your essay: introduction and claim, background, body, and conclusion. Within the body of your Rogerian essay, make sure to include the following in any order: the background for your chosen topic, the opposition, the strengths and weaknesses of your opponents claim, scholarly research, your claim, discuss the warrants for your claim and the opposition in order to find the common ground, and show the common ground between your opponents claim and your claim.

NEED A ANNOTATED BIBLOGRAPHY

• From: your name and position
• Date: date of submission
• Subject: a sentence summarizing your chosen alternative

Background (0.25 pg)
• Define the problem for which your 3 policy alternatives will be the solution
• Discuss why your problem is an important policy question, i.e. why it needs to be taken care of by public actors

Political context (0.5) – Discuss political involvement in the issue. Is the issue on the national or local agenda? Is there an immediate or impending crisis? Who are the relevant stakeholders and how do you know?

Policy alternatives and analysis (main body) – this is the meat of your paper. Pick 3 potential policies (one is the status quo) for addressing the problem as you have defined it. Discuss pros and cons (potential criteria: economic efficiency, target efficiency, target effectiveness, cost effectiveness, equity, political feasibility, administrative feasibility), especially how each will impact your problem. Be sure to use economic principles discussed in class when analyzing your policy alternatives. Also, explain why you chose the three alternatives that you chose (are they particularly effective in cost control? Particularly feasible?)

Recommendation (0.5 pg) – based on your analysis, pick ONE alternative to recommend to your boss.