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Environmental Concerns and Public Policy Sociology - General Sociology Final Paper

Your 8 to 10 page final paper is to be a comprehensive research study on one of the following Public Policy topics:

Social Security Health Care Welfare Primary and Secondary Public Education Environmental Concerns

You will identify relevant material consistent with the focus of the topic using scholarly journals and professional websites with authored material (not popular Internet sites).

Your analysis of the selected topic must include the following:

The scope and nature of the public policy problem The evolution of public policy Evaluation of policy, the actors involved The intergovernmental structure and political concerns The approaches to policy setting The suggested policy direction that is supported by research

In addition to the textbook, you must use a minimum of six resources from the Ashford Online Library Database, academic websites or professional journals and organizations in the field of Sociology. You are encouraged to analyze your findings and avoid over-use of direct quotations.

Writing the Final Paper

The Research Paper:

Must be eight double-spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. Must include a cover page that includes:

Student's name Course name and number Title of paper Instructor's name Date submitted

Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph. Must use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide to document all sources. Must incl