Assignment task: Select an issue of interest from today's political realm. The answer the following questions.
When you are attempting to undertake a political analysis of an issue, one key question to continually ask yourself during the process is:
"In this political, social, or economic climate, can we get this done?"
a.) How would you evaluate the barriers that arise from the climate or context of timing on a specific issue of interest?
b.) Who are the stakeholders and how can they be used in a political analysis that might be different from their use in political advocacy?
c.) What are the political strategies that could leverage facilitators and constraints into political momentum to move the issue forward?