Read the case “Federal-State Relations: Is partisanship putting governance at risk?” . Your memo should address the following:
What is the policy problem?
What is the democratic context/why is this a public policy issue?
What are the policy alternatives?
What is the best policy solution and why?
Who is the audience/ who should implement the proposed policy solution?
Your answers will come in the form of a memo that you can imagine writing to a legislator (e.g. someone who has to make a decision based on your recommendation). The 2-3 page memo should be double-spaced using 12-point font and one-inch margins. You can successfully perform the analysis by drawing exclusively from the material presented in the assigned readings. If you draw on material from outside the case you must include a page with a list of references. This reference page will not count against your page limit. You may also include graphs, charts, and/or other relevant material in an appendix that will not count against your page limit.