Praxis Government/Political Science case studies
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The Praxis Government/Political Science assessment (test code 5931) is one of the Praxis Subject Assessments that ETS develops and delivers as part of the educator-certification pathway in the United States. It is generally taken by candidates who intend to teach civics, government, or political science at the secondary level, or who must document subject-matter knowledge for a state-issued license. The Praxis Government/Political Science case studies are 5 cases and about 4,613 words.
1The Charter Commission and Three Theories of Representation
A nine-member charter commission in a city of 240,000 must decide how to structure the council; seven votes are needed to refer a proposal to the ballot. Three options are live: (A) nine at-large seats elected citywide; (B) nine single-member districts; (C) a 21-member citizens' assembly chosen by lot with agenda-setting power, sitting alongside a nine-member elected council.
814 words, about 4 min2Marrow v. the Clean Water Standards Act
The federal Clean Water Standards Act directs the federal Environmental Bureau to set effluent limits for listed pollutants and provides in Section 9 that those limits 'shall be exclusive and preemptive, and no state shall impose any additional numeric limit on the same pollutant.' After a fish kill, Marrow's legislature caps the same pollutant at half the federal number. Separately, Congress distributes $410 million a year in highway funds to Marrow - 19 percent of the state's transportation budget - on two conditions: that Marrow raise the minimum purchase age for tobacco to 21, and that state troopers query a federal tobacco-license database during every traffic stop, reporting results to the Bureau.
959 words, about 5 min3Forming a Government After the 200-Seat Election
Preliminary results for a 200-seat parliament elected under a mixed-member system: 100 single-member districts, 100 list seats, and a 5 percent legal threshold. Party-list vote shares are A 34 percent, B 28 percent, C 15 percent, D 12 percent, E 7 percent, F 4 percent.
889 words, about 4 min4Extended Deterrence in the Kestrel Crisis
Valdoria (defense budget 9 billion) has a treaty ally, Kestrel, which hosts a Valdorian radar station and 1,800 troops. Kestrel's neighbor Arkam (defense budget 31 billion) has massed 12,000 troops and 300 tanks near the border and demands renegotiation of a 1974 boundary.
961 words, about 5 min5The Minimum Wage Bill and the Veto Math
A 435-member House and a 100-member Senate are considering a bill to raise the minimum wage to $13 and index it to inflation. The House speaker opposes indexing.
990 words, about 5 min