Show that you have grasped relevant readings and that you can use the material. You must answer the following questions. In Defending Government, Max Neiman summarized one version of the conventional wisdom about governmental performance in policymaking in the United States in the past few decades. Those who are skeptical . . . blame public policies and government for many harms and problems facing society. This is an extension of Ronald Reagan s simple declaration that Government is not the solution.
Government is the problem.
You have now been studying public policy in the United States for almost four months. Please focus your answer and draw on relevant course materials and your own research in answering it. They are interested in general assessments of the strengths and weaknesses of the RPI model, and would like those assessments to be grounded in careful thinking about its applicability to the policy area in which you have become an expert. They are not interested in summaries of Koven, et. Instead, they are interested in arguments about its overall value, its applicability to cases like those you have studied for your presentations and term papers, and in suggestions for improving or sharpening the model.