Analyze and assess how the “linkage institutions” (the media, interest groups, political parties, and elections) affect democracy, public policy, and the effectiveness of government? Are the people’s views being represented? Why or why not?
Please use your own writing and words and keep quotes to a minimum. Make sure you include a list of sources used with appropriate citation at the end of the paper. You must use the Lowi text on political participation and linkage institutions, plus at least 2 other scholarly resources. Do not use dictionaries, encyclopedias, wikis, or highly partisan blogs. These are not academic sources.
Your written assignments are intended to test your understanding of important concepts and sharpen your intellectual skills of analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and application. They are also intended to provide opportunities to more fully describe, explain, and analyze the text and other sources.
