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Does the credit for most of the big recent innovations actually go to governments, not private companies? (Mazzucato) Purpose: The goal of this assignment is to allow students to explore in detail a key question related to technology and society. The assignment has both research and analytical requirements. Students will be expected to find detailed and intellectually sophisticated sources studies of their research chosen topic; they will also be expected to grapple with the main analytical and theoretical issues relevant to their topic. The first assignment – a detailed examination of one source – was intended to help with both of these components. It should be underlined that students are not expected to produce the “final word” on the main questions in their essays. Rather, the goal is for them to develop a strong analytical paper about technology and society.

Debate why the war on drugs had such a significant impact on our correctional system. Explain why would the drug legalization help ease the prison population. If drug legalization were to happen, explain the impact that it would have on society both negatively and positively. What other ways could we deal with drug offenders? Would intensive rehabilitation and forcing someone to give up their habit be more effective or destructive?

Describe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act in relation to a relevant case.

the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a condominium. Be sure to include detail to all of the pros and cons. Finally, discuss the legal impacts of these transactions to both the buyer and the seller. Can this type of sale affect the mortgage process? Can the parties face litigation even after the sale is completed?

Critically discuss how the New Racial Politics and Social Policy in the Nixon years (1970’s) and Reagan and Bush years (1980) affected women and people of color. Also, discuss the factors that set the stage for the New Racial Politics. Question 2 Discuss in detail how (1) political forces rooted in the legacy of the great society; (2) the democratic controlled congress; (3) various bureaucrats within the Welfare state; civil rights organizations etc. prevented Reagan/Bush administrations from fulfilling their promise to fundamentally “cut-back” on social policies, eliminate affirmative action and dramatically transform the American Welfare state. Question 3 What strategies did President Clinton use to reduce the political salience of race and retain African American and Latino political support? Question 4 Critically discuss President Clinton’s crime bill and its effects on people of color. Also discuss the failure of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and other Black organizations to oppose the crime bill. Question 5 Critically discuss the background factors/conditions that led up to the 1996 Welfare Reform. Be sure to also discuss, the stereotypical image of welfare recipients; the deficit; the Contract with America; tax expenditures for business and the hidden welfare for the affluent; coded messages, etc. Question 6 Critically discuss the 1996 Welfare Reform showing among other things that it was not “race neutral,” and the failure of the Congressional Black Caucus, Left Organizations, women and Latino Civil Rights Organizations to oppose it. Also discuss the effects of Welfare Reform on women and people of color, recommendations to improve the conditions for women and people of color, etc. Question from Text: Today’s Globalization Question 7 What is new about today’s globalization- especially the technology of production, communication and distribution? How does this impact our lives- the political economy of the wages, market system; culture, ideology and the media: politics and structures of social control and domination?