Description
Consider the wide array of public policy problems in the country today. You select an issue that you feel demands immediate placement on the national policy agenda. You also provide a rationale for selecting that particular policy problem to the exclusion of others that might also warrant a response from elected decision-makers.
Project MMPA 6451
Walden University
You are asked to apply your understanding of the major concepts presented in this course by evaluating
a public policy problem and making recommendations.
For the Final Project, you will construct a Policy Analysis Paper. You will select and describe a decisionmaker (at the local, state, national, or international level) who hypothetically has asked you to write a
policy analysis on a public policy problem of your choice. You could choose a member of Congress, the
president, a governor, a state legislator, a mayor, a city council member, or another official. Assume that
the decision-maker is undecided about his or her position on the problem.
Your Final Project will be approximately 15–18 pages, double-spaced.
You will submit the Final Project in three parts:
Week 3: Public Policy Problem Selection. Submit to your Instructor a brief (1–2 pages) articulation of (a)
what public policy problem you will analyze; (b) which decision-maker you will address your analysis
paper to; and (c) why you believe this is an issue of local, state, national, or international importance.
Week 8: Final Project Abstract. Submit to your Instructor a 2- to 3-page outline of (a) 3 or 4 alternative
ways to tackle the public policy problem you selected; (b) 10–12 scholarly resources that will inform and
support your recommendations; and (c) your chosen recommendation to the decision-maker.
Week 10: Final Project (15–18 pages). Your Policy Analysis Paper should include the following:
Executive Summary: Describe the public policy problem of interest to you, the scope of the problem,
and a capsule summary of your recommended course of action. (1–2 paragraphs)
Introduction and Problem Definition: Explain why the problem is important. Why should the decisionmaker care about this issue? (1–2 pages)
Issue Analysis: Explain in detail, supported by scholarly resources, the scope of the public policy issue.
You should describe the stakeholders (e.g., branches of government, interest groups, nonprofit
organizations, media, the bureaucracy, etc.) connected to the problem. (3–4 pages)
Proposed Solutions: You are not expected to detail every possible approach to the issue you selected.
However, based on your research, select 3 or 4 potential solutions that directly address the public policy
problem you selected. It is important that you explain which stakeholders would be proponents and
which would be opponents of each policy alternative you identify, and why, and the implications of their
being for or against the alternative(s). You should make clear to the decision-maker the complexities
involved with each proposed solution you analyze. (6–8 pages)
Policy Recommendation: Choose one of the alternatives to the public policy problem you selected and
explain, based on scholarly materials you have examined, why it is best suited to address the problem.
Be sure to address opportunities and challenges of implementing your recommendation given any
relevant political, social, economic, or cultural considerations. Additionally, explain what, if any, social
justice and/or ethical issues are impacted by your recommended policy alternative. (2–4 pages)
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Walden University
You are asked to apply your understanding of the major concepts presented in this course by evaluating
a public policy problem and making recommendations.
For the Final Project, you will construct a Policy Analysis Paper. You will select and describe a decisionmaker (at the local, state, national, or international level) who hypothetically has asked you to write a
policy analysis on a public policy problem of your choice. You could choose a member of Congress, the
president, a governor, a state legislator, a mayor, a city council member, or another official. Assume that
the decision-maker is undecided about his or her position on the problem.
Your Final Project will be approximately 15–18 pages, double-spaced.
You will submit the Final Project in three parts:
Week 3: Public Policy Problem Selection. Submit to your Instructor a brief (1–2 pages) articulation of (a)
what public policy problem you will analyze; (b) which decision-maker you will address your analysis
paper to; and (c) why you believe this is an issue of local, state, national, or international importance.
Week 8: Final Project Abstract. Submit to your Instructor a 2- to 3-page outline of (a) 3 or 4 alternative
ways to tackle the public policy problem you selected; (b) 10–12 scholarly resources that will inform and
support your recommendations; and (c) your chosen recommendation to the decision-maker.
Week 10: Final Project (15–18 pages). Your Policy Analysis Paper should include the following:
Executive Summary: Describe the public policy problem of interest to you, the scope of the problem,
and a capsule summary of your recommended course of action. (1–2 paragraphs)
Introduction and Problem Definition: Explain why the problem is important. Why should the decisionmaker care about this issue? (1–2 pages)
Issue Analysis: Explain in detail, supported by scholarly resources, the scope of the public policy issue.
You should describe the stakeholders (e.g., branches of government, interest groups, nonprofit
organizations, media, the bureaucracy, etc.) connected to the problem. (3–4 pages)
Proposed Solutions: You are not expected to detail every possible approach to the issue you selected.
However, based on your research, select 3 or 4 potential solutions that directly address the public policy
problem you selected. It is important that you explain which stakeholders would be proponents and
which would be opponents of each policy alternative you identify, and why, and the implications of their
being for or against the alternative(s). You should make clear to the decision-maker the complexities
involved with each proposed solution you analyze. (6–8 pages)
Policy Recommendation: Choose one of the alternatives to the public policy problem you selected and
explain, based on scholarly materials you have examined, why it is best suited to address the problem.
Be sure to address opportunities and challenges of implementing your recommendation given any
relevant political, social, economic, or cultural considerations. Additionally, explain what, if any, social
justice and/or ethical issues are impacted by your recommended policy alternative. (2–4 pages)
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