Implementation and Policy Implications

Short Paper Instructions
Choose one.
• Option One contemporary implementation — find an example of a research study that draws on the ideas of one of the theorists/theories we covered. (Dorothy E. Smith, George Herbert Mead, Herbert Blumer, and Erving Goffman)
A. Summarize how the study is influenced by this theorist (300 words minimum).
B. Discuss the implications of the study for the theory. I.e., does the study support, modify, or contradict the theory? (300 words minimum)
C. How might a future research project build on this study? (300 words minimum)
• Option Two policy implications — Discuss the policy implications of the theory/theorist we covered. (Dorothy E. Smith, George Herbert Mead, Herbert Blumer, and Erving Goffman)
A. Provide an actual (use some source material to ground your discussion) example of an existing public policy aimed at addressing some social problem (300 words minimum).
B. Discuss this policy in relation to one of the theories or theorists we covered. (To what extend) does the policy accord with the theory or does it violate the assumptions of the theory? Explain. (300 words minimum).
C. What do (or could) the outcomes of the policy tells us about the theory? E.g., does the relative success/failure of the policy confirm or disconfirm the the predictions (or arguments) made by the theory? (300 words minimum).