Social Policy Essays

Evaluation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Evaluation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)  In 1975, President Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act into law during the Civil Rights ...

Analysis of Employee Health Insurance in the US
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: The United States government has adopted into law a healthcare overhaul bill that mandates that all businesses, large or small, must provide health insurance for employees Identify probl...

Was PURPA Beneficial to the US Electric Power System?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Was PURPA beneficial to the US electric power system? PURPA (The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act) enacted in 1978 as a part of National Energy Act, had a revolutionizing impact on...

Critical Analysis of the Melbourne Declaration
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Introduction: Abstract This paper will outline the tenets of the Melbourne Declaration. It will address the policies of the Declaration and critically examine the implications and the impact it had on...

Evaluation of Utah's Immigration Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction:  Even after eight and a half years, legal and illegal immigrants in Utah, still fear about deportation. In the year 2011, the state of Utah’s legislation passed an immigration bill, wh...

Evaluation of Systems for Permitting Guns
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: It’s a cold Friday morning and Bob is on your way to work, he arrives at work and it’s just a typical day on the job.  While 40 miles outside of Chicago and in the middle of his work day...

Arguments for Banning Assault Weapons
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Introduction: Assault Weapons Should Be Banned With popularized interests, gun control and their laws have currently been one of the most talked-about subjects in the United States. The  debatabl...

Importance of Teacher Unions to Develop Education
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: The Big brother of Education Today’s public education system is in great need of repair. Students in the US are slowly falling behind everyone else around the world. Which begs the...

Negative Impacts of Guns and the Importance of Gun Control
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Citizens with firearms have a sense of security especially when they carry those weapons with them. For some, it also provides a sense of safety and confidence. However, there are those who are n...

Should the Legal Drinking Age in the US be Lowered?
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Introduction: “Why the legal drinking age should never be lowered to eighteen”  “It is critical that parents, teachers, and mentors educate the youth about underage drinking well in advance...

Controlled Substance Diversion: Impact and Prevention
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Introduction: Abstract Congress declared, “The illegal importation, manufacture, distribution, and possession and improper use of controlled substances [CSs] have a substantial and detrimental e...

Development of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act
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Introduction: Born thirty-five years ago, the Federal Act known as the National Minimum Drinking Age Act or NMDAA is being exploited by the states, as each one has its own legal interpretations of the exceptio...

The United States and European Union Refugee Policies
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Introduction: The United States and European Union Refugee Policies and their Responses to the Worldwide Refugee Crisis 1. General Introduction Each day individuals worldwide are forced to ma...

The U.S Government’s Role in Consumer Data Protection
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Introduction: With modern technology and new data algorithms being created, many data privacy concerns have also been raised. Consumers are the biggest stakeholders when it comes to sharing data in exchange fo...

Case Study: Mandatory Retirement Age for Pilots
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Introduction: Abstract Airline transport pilots in the United States are allowed to perform pilot in command duties under 14 CFR Part 121 operations until they reach their 65th birthday (Federal Aviat...

Issue of Horse Slaughter: Causes and Interventions
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Introduction:  Horse slaughter is an appalling way by which people get rid of their horses for-profit and in a quick removal. Most often horses that suffer are equines with medical illness or deformed app...

Analysis of the Workplaces Safety and Insurance Act, 1997
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Introduction: Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (WSIA)   Workplaces Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 is a legislation which outlines and “provides A no-fault insuranc...

Strategies for Preventing Youth Homelessness
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Introduction: Youth Homelessness Youth Homelessness is described as a condition and experience of young people who are between the age of 13-24 and are living without their parents or caregivers but a...

Evaluation of the UK's Response to the Housing Crisis and Grenfell Tower
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Introduction: According to Shelter, Britain is experiencing a housing crisis. Identify and discuss some of the policies and practices of different governments to target the housing problem, with reference to G...

Has Foreign Policy of the United States Towards Cuba Affected Cuban Immigration?
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Introduction: Has foreign policy of the United States towards Cuba affected Cuban immigration? HAS FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES TOWARDS CUBA AFFECTED CUBAN IMMIGRATION? United States i...

Evaluation of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
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Introduction: The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) is a federal legislation that was enacted in 1974 and has been reauthorized multiple times, in fact the recent reauthorization was recently am...

Evaluation of New Zealand's Disability Strategy
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Introduction: TASK 1: LO4 1.1 Objective of the New Zealand disability strategy (2016-2026) Education Education is one of the objectives of the New Zealand disability strategy. It is ...

Title X: The Nation’s Program for Affordable Birth Control and Reproductive Health Care
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: For more than 40 years, Title X family planning clinics have played a critical role in ensuring access to a broad range of family planning and related preventive health services for low-income, u...

Are US Social Welfare Policies Fair?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Social Welfare Policy  The Social Welfare policy in the overall U.S and Mississippi that particular interest me. Are the social welfare policies fair? Also, where we stand as a nati...

Evaluation of America's Visa System
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: SHOULD DIVERSITY VISA BE CANCELLED? On October 31st, 2017, a suspected terrorist who is a 29-year-old uber driver and a professional truck driver mowed down pedestrians and cyclists alon...