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Theodoulou and Kofinis state, "The fluid nature of American politics and policy-making was established through a political process that extends beyond the confines of governing institutions and structural boundaries and includes the public and interest groups. Hence, the answer to the question of where does American policy-making occur is not as simple as referring to the language of the Constitution, or as obvious as identifying the three branches of the federal government (2004, p. 36)."

Your assignment is to review either a policy analysis think tank article [for example, the Brookings Institution, the Cato Institute, or the American Enterprise Institute] or substantive newspaper article discussing the policy you chose to analyze. It is likely that you won't be able to find answers to all of the questions at one website, so do some additional outside research concerning the policy chosen in your article to accomplish the following requirement.

Review the Policy

Begin With These Questions

-Who are the policy issue network participants?

-What are the policy motivations of the institutional and non-institutional actors? (you will need to identify specific individuals and/or committees - e.g. who introduced or is reviewing the policy)

-At what level of government will the policy be implemented? (i.e. federal, state, or local - be as specific as possible)

-Determine if there is disagreement and conflict between the states and the Federal government concerning policy formulation and adoption.

-Is there disagreement and conflict between the three branches of Federal government concerning policy formulation and adoption?

-How is the policy to be funded?