Purchase Solution

States as Policy Laboratories

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

It has often been noted by scholars that the fifty states are policy laboratories that craft and implement public policies that are very specific and relevant to their state populations. In many cases, these experiments sometimes rise to the level of becoming a national policy because Congress will use them as model legislation. Describe any specific policies within your state that have been crafted in response to unique circumstances in your state. For example, Louisiana has fashioned many new policies involving emergency responsiveness since Hurricane Katrina, and California has many unique policies concerning the environment that are not found in other states. Provide a brief review of one policy in your state that you find interesting.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Preview

A policy in my state of North Carolina that I find very interesting, is the policy that individuals that are in possession of illegal substances must pay ...

Solution provided by:
Marcel Parker, MPA
Education
  • Criminal Justice, Elizabeth City State University
  • Master of Public Administration, North Carolina Central University
Recent Feedback
  • "Excellent work, from the time of my post to the time I received a response was days ahead of my requirements. "
  • "Great, Thank You for our Help!!"
  • "Excellent, thank you "
  • "Thank you"
  • "Thank you!"
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Employee Orientation

Test your knowledge of employee orientation with this fun and informative quiz. This quiz is meant for beginner and advanced students as well as professionals already working in the HR field.

Understanding Management

This quiz will help you understand the dimensions of employee diversity as well as how to manage a culturally diverse workforce.

Writing Business Plans

This quiz will test your understanding of how to write good business plans, the usual components of a good plan, purposes, terms, and writing style tips.

Change and Resistance within Organizations

This quiz intended to help students understand change and resistance in organizations

Situational Leadership

This quiz will help you better understand Situational Leadership and its theories.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Current Governmental Practices of Collecting Civilians' DNA

    These concerns are leading to public policy and law controversies, as depicted in this APA cited article: Murphy, E. (2013). THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOUR DNA. Scientific American, 308(3), 72-77.

  • Stock Valuation of Abbot Laboratories

    The Abbot Laboratories business is listed on the United States NYSE stock exchange.

  • The Role of the EPA in Acid Rain and Superfund Policy

    More about grants Study Environmental Issues At laboratories located throughout the nation, we identify and try to solve environmental problems.

  • Diagnostic Regulatory Guidelines: Impact on macroeconomic

    These regulations states that clinics are inspected regularly.

  • PEST of Cambridge Laboratories

    If it makes a counter proposition that would give Cambridge Laboratories equity stake in the joint venture, there would be several advantages. First, Cambridge Laboratories would not have to pay cash as the venture would be financed through an IPO.

  • ANOVA for Flammability tests in Minitab

    Thus there is significant difference in the score of five laboratories. Same conclusion can be drawn as the p value is less than. The solution gives step by step procedure for testing Flammability in 5 labs.

  • The Future of Toxicogenomics

    CEBS is available to the public, and has received installations of data from academic, industrial and governmental laboratories.

  • Stellenbosch Laboratories: Financial Accounting and Memos

    Included as intangible asset. However, the $100,000 goodwill is not recognised in the company's financial statement. AASB 138 states that internally generated goodwill is not recognised as an asset because it is not an identifiable resource.

  • The ALF and ELF Terrorist Groups

    Explain your answer The animal liberation front has had a significant role in extremist terrorism within the United States, due to the fact that this organization uses subversive tactics in seeking to promote the humane treatment of animals, as well as

View More Related Solutions