Political Autobiography

The assignment is to write a political autobiography. An autobiography, like other writings, needs to have a theme or guiding idea. For this paper, your theme is your political identity. Who you are now, politically speaking, and how did you develop this identity?
In describing your views, as liberal, conservative, or moderate, or something else, you must use the readings to help you to illustrate your political ideas.

You must refer to the three sets of arguments: Brooks and Chait, Tanner and Porter, and Pollitt and Anderson, and place your view in the context of those debates. You must quote from at least three essays.
In addition to referring to the readings, you should discuss any life experiences you have had or people who influenced you in developing your political ideas. To what extent have such “agents of socialization” as family, neighborhood, and school affected your political beliefs? In explaining the impact these “agents” have had, be sure to explain how and why they influenced you in the way they did.
The best organization of the paper would be in the first paragraph to introduce your ideology as either socially liberal or socially conservative or economically conservative or economically liberal. The body of your paper should integrate your views with the paper, for example, you might argue that ‘I believe that men and women are different like Anderson argues’ and then quote him. Be clear to use all the essays and discuss all the debates: Brooks and Chait on merit and luck on the economic outcome, Tanner and Porter on work and welfare, and Anderson and Poillitt on family, gender roles, marriage, and divorce.