Politics and Public Administration

Your essay should be double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman with standard one-inch margins

Find an example of politics and public administration MUTUALLY affecting each other. Your example should be a real event that took place in the last 5 years. Briefly describe what happened. (10 points)

Use this week’s contents (textbook chapter, paper, or slides) to analyze the mutual effects between politics (executive, legislative, and judicial branches) and public administration. What are the mechanisms? (15 points) How did these mechanisms operationalize in reality? (10 points)

Given the case of your choice, do you agree that bureaucrats should work with discretion? Explain why. (15 points)

General requirements: Grammar, word count, citation (cite news outlets if you are using a current event as an example), etc. (10 points)