Describe and analyze the scope of the public policy concern.

Prepare a ten- to fifteen-page paper that includes at least five different scholarly references. Your final paper must identify a current public policy issue/controversy in the news today that would benefit from a policy change and include the following components:

  1. Describe and analyze the scope of the public policy concern. Be sure to address the following in your analysis.
    • Who are the stakeholders and affected constituencies?
    • What political institutions are relevant to the policy discussion about this issue?
    • Is the public policy issue one that is faced by both the federal government and state governments?
    • How much does the public policy issue cost Americans? How much would it cost to address the issue? If the costs are unknown, why are they unknown?