Public Policy Analysis

  Public policy research – policy design, implementation, evaluation

  Understanding a federal law

  Effectively exploring and utilizing the library system for research

  Strengthening your academic and competitive writing skills

  Enhance your critical thinking skills
The Basic Structure of your Policy Analysis is the following (See Appendix One for

further detail: Policy Paper Checklist)

1. Description of the policy/law – history and current situation

2. Rationale for public policy – market or government failure

3. Analysis of policy’s efficacy

4. Implementation

5. Evaluation

6. Recommendations

    

   1. Additionally, your Policy Analysis will be required to have a minimum of ten quality references (academic journal articles, leading books, relevant websites, etc.). The paper will be a 12-15 page narrative/report with a traditional title page, appropriate subheadings, standard formatting (double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman, page numbers), parenthetical citations such as (Jasso, 2012, p. 35), a works cited page (you may call it a reference page), and any necessary appendices. We will use APA format.