The Assumptions Of The Individual Go Beyond Strategic Goals

Repeated events, highlighted by the flood of 1993 and the fallout of Katrina, continues to illustrate the US Army Corps of Engineers’ failure in strengthening flood control up and down the Mississippi, including the redesign and upgrading levees. America is a product of this constant struggle in dominating nature using science and reason.

Discuss the idea developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the impact of an individual’s ambition on self and others.

Earlier this Semester, I participated in "The Power Of Assumptions Activity" which took place during a training I was helping facilitate. I was asked a series of questions and then I had to stand by a sign in the room that answered the questions being asked. The signs had different pieces of a person 's identity listed on them. A few examples included: Socioeconomic status, Family, Education, and Race. As the activity progressed, I realized that I don 't think about how the Racial piece of my identity affects my life as much as some other pieces. "The Power Of Assumptions Activity" allowed me to experience the uncertainty of not knowing how I would answer one of the questions on the contrary experience the opposite by answering many questions right away and which sign to stand under. "The Power Of Assumptions Activity" surprised me as I saw myself standing alone and also with other people depending on the questions that was asked and how each person decided to answer the questions for themselves. I chose this example to illustrate to introduce my paper about my Racial identity and also the challenge of writing this paper and reflecting on my Racial identity.

People flock to those with similar ideas. Some people create or are involved in interest groups to act on their beliefs. Said beliefs are strong and have the capacity to change current political agendas. Beliefs produce responses; responses ignite operation. The power of political

In social theory, there is a long-standing debate over whether structure or agency is central in shaping human behavior. While structure refers to the underlying set of rules for how a society works, agency refers to the ability of the individual to exert choice or will within this structure. The interplay between these two distinct perspectives is key in shaping ideology: a way of seeing that appears natural and inevitable, and provides the rationalization for society’s structure (Marger 222). In the United States, the dominant ideology consists of various beliefs, including individualism, equality of opportunity, meritocracy, and work ethic (McNamee

A truth universally acknowledged in political science is that while politicians are strategic actors, voters are not. Converse’s The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Politics broke the electorate into five groups based on the manner in which they form the belief systems that then serve to inform their vote. From this, he determined that only about 15% of the electorate has a moderate to fully formed ideology which guides their opinions and their votes (Converse 17).

We all hold assumptions about the world and how it works. These assumptions frame our understanding of God, ourselves, others, and life and how to be successful in life. These assumptions affect our understanding and interpretation of facts and of events that occur in our lives. As Aristotle said, “It’s not the facts that divide men, but the interpretation of the facts” (as cited in Hummel, 1986, p. 23). Our assumptions are acquired, often unconsciously or uncritically, by our own experiences and by what we have been taught about life by others. They become a lens by which we view reality. Entwistle (2010) writes that, “the world is seen through the lenses of our assumptions” (p. 134). If the lens is distorted, our view of reality will be distorted.

1) The Collaboration and Devolution Era arose from the public's dissatisfaction of how agencies were making decisions, which impacted their trust in the agencies, increasing complexity and uncertainty over issues, and learning how to manage ecosystems (Cestero, "Era of Collaboration & Devolution" Lecture). The public was seeking "seeking a cooperative and participatory approach to decision making in order to integrate conservation and community development" (Cestero).

The actors in each water crisis situation have a way to justify their decisions. Whether it is equitable or inequitable outcomes, people seem to make the choices that seem best to

As I read through the material in the text book “Becoming a Strategic Thinker,” I took from it how I need to be more in tune with how I process my thoughts and

Ambition is normally seen as a positive quality in an individual, but it can in

An individual is part of a complex, interactive world where policy decisions require coordination with other individuals to produce policy outputs. These complex human interactions can conflict with the interests, goals, expectations, beliefs, and institutional experiences of other individuals in the policy subsystem. This paper evaluates the assumptions of the individual in the policy process and demonstrates that an individual is a rational-bounded goal-oriented, strategic, and actor. The paper first lays out the assumptions of the individual. Next, it looks at the goal-oriented person in the multiple streams approach (MSA). Then, the paper evaluates the strategic individual in the advocacy coalition framework (ACF), followed by the bounded-rational actor in the institutional analysis and development framework (IAD). The paper concludes by highlighting why understanding the assumptions of individuals produces a better understanding of the successes and failures of the policy process.

This paper is about comparing flood policies in the United States and the Netherlands. How both countries are taking different approaches to a similar situation that both faces. Especially with the rising waters from global warming. This paper looks at what is causing these two different approaches. Is something domestic going on in the United States and the Netherlands that is leading to this result such as economics or public opinion? The research in this paper is intended to help solve this important question. Background history will be provided with what led to the United States and the Netherlands to begin looking at creating flood policies. By the end of the paper, the research shall provide us with enough facts on why the United

Another unstated assumption comes from Organ’s point about not wanting to put her son in a protective bubble. The unstated assumption, in this case, is her belief that other parents who do this to their children are hurting their development and are not making their children’s lives as enjoyable as they could have otherwise been. Evidence for this assumption comes from when Organ says, I worried that by putting football in the off-limits category, I would be engaging in the kind of overprotective parenting that so often backfires…”(Organ). This is providing evidence for the warrant by proving how she has this certain negative belief of parents who do that to their

Policy core beliefs are presumed to be stable and quite resistant to change. When experiences expose serious anomalies (in the sense that Thomas Kuhn, 1962, used the term) in policy core beliefs, these beliefs may be susceptible to change. But change that results in dissonance with deep core beliefs is very costly, and policy core beliefs are buttressed by a formidable array of cognitive defenses that make change unlikely (e.g., Gilovich, Griffin, & Kahneman, 2002). (Belief System Continuity and Change in Policy Advocacy Coalitions: Using Cultural Theory to Specify Belief Systems, Coalitions, and