PAD 540 POSITION PAPER

PAD INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

In this assignment, you are expected to select one country and do the following:

Discuss a significant issue or challenge arising from globalization that has taken place in the last 3–5 years.

Critically evaluate the current policy or policies for the issue or challenge.

Consider possible alternatives.

Advocate a particular policy choice and provide a rationale.

Use the Internet to conduct research for this assignment. Here are two resources to get you started:

· Read the article titled 

Globalization and Governance: Definition, Variation, and Explanation [PDF]

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· Review the website, 

Tips on Writing a Policy Memo

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Write a 1–2 page paper in which you do the following:

Provide an introduction and context for the issue or challenge.

Summarize what the existing literature says about the selected issue or challenge and the selected country’s policies impacting the issue.

Suggest two policy options that the selected country’s government could follow in order to resolve the issue or challenge.

Recommend one policy action based on your analysis of a set of alternatives. Provide a rationale for your recommendation.