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• SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash)

• SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy and to
  the republic for which we stand(Ash)

• Public PolicyConsider and explain the following
  statement, Public policy is both what government
  does and what it does not do (TheodoulouKofinis,
  2012).
• What determines whether policy is enacted or not?
  
• Who holds the power and authority to make and
  change public policy?
• Discuss public versus private concerns in relation

• Republic or Democracy? and to the republic for
  which we stand Review the Declaration of
  Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance. Then,
  discuss republicanism and democracy in U.S.
  government. Explain what this means in regards to
  public policy, social issues and its
  effectiveness and efficiency. Do you feel that
  our current government structure

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• SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Environmental Policy (Ash)

• SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United
  States (Ash)

• Reflections on Federal Environmental Policy
• For your journal entry, you will explore aspects
  of your personal experience and/or beliefs
  regarding significant public policies and what
  you have learned in your readings. As you
  reflect, please address the following questions
• What are the current major environmental issues?

• Education in the United States
• Read Chapter 9 of The Policy Game Understanding
  U.S. Policy Making, and watch Changing Education
  Paradigms (or read the transcript). Then, write a
  paper on the problem of education in the United
  States. Share your reactions to the concepts and
  perspective presented in the video. In your
  paper, address the following

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• SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories (Ash)

• SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and
  Agenda Setting (Ash)

• Policy Process Theories Describe the
  Stages-Heuristic theory of the policy process.
  What are the stages of policy development it
  includes? Discuss this theory and compare it to
  the other dominant theoretical frameworks. Then,
  select one other theory and discuss its strengths
  and weaknesses as compared to the
  Stages-Heuristic framework.

• Problem Identification and Agenda Setting
  Examine and evaluate the problem identification
  and agenda setting stages of the policy process
  in this weeks required reading assignment.
  Discuss the process whereby a problem ultimately
  ends up on an agenda to be discussed. Then,
  discuss the agenda setting process as it relates
  to education how it came to be identified as a
  problem.

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• SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
  Policy (Ash)

• SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots Movement to
  Policy (Ash)

• Reflections on Education Policy
• For your journal entry, you will explore aspects
  of your personal experience and/or beliefs
  regarding significant public policies and what
  you have learned in this course. As you reflect
  this week, please discuss the following
  questions
• What are the current major issues relating to
  education?

• MADD Grassroots Movement to Policy Given that
  grassroots organizations often do not have the
  expertise, stature, or other resources of larger,
  more institutional stakeholders, what tools do
  grassroots organizations have that enable them to
  successfully influence policy? To what degree do
  you think MADD has changed over its history from
  a grassroots

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• SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security (Ash)

• SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Welfare Policy (Ash)

• Social Security Public surveys indicate that ¾
  of younger Americans think that Social Security
  is a dead program. What would make them have
  such a dim view? Does the strength of the
  American Association of Retired persons (AARP)
  play into this perspective? What are some
  alternatives to the program as it is now? Should
  alternatives be considered and why?

• Reflections on Federal Welfare Policy
• For your journal entry, you will explore aspects
  of your personal experience and/or beliefs
  regarding significant public policies and what
  you have learned in your readings. As you
  reflect, please address the following questions
• What are the major current federal welfare
  issues?
• How do you feel about related policies?

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• SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying (Ash)

• SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained
  (Ash)

• LobbyingIt is often said that lobbying is both
  an art and science. Imagine that because of your
  knowledge of the legislative process, you have
  decided to become more active in attempting to
  influence the legislative process. First,
  identify a current legislative issue being
  considered for policy adoption. Search for this
  information at The Library of Congress THOMAS.
  Then, specify

• ealth Care Reform ExplainedWatch Health Reform
  Hits Main Street The YouToons Explain the New
  Health Law. Then, review the information
  available at Illustrating Health Care Reform How
  Health Insurance Coverage Will Work.Identify and
  discuss three different groups of people and how
  they will be impacted by the Patient Protection

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• SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on Health Care
  Policy (Ash)

• SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
  Immigration (Ash)

• Reflections on Health-Care Policy
• Watch Rebecca Onie What if our healthcare system
  kept us healthy? For your journal entry, you will
  explore aspects of your personal experience
  and/or beliefs regarding significant public
  policies and what you have learned in your
  readings. As you reflect, please address the
  following questions

• Obama and Romney on ImmigrationWatch Obama and
  Romney Debate Each Others Immigration Policy
  (2012 Presidential Debate 2). As a supporter of
  one side of this issue, identify the points made
  by the presidential candidate that most closely
  represents your perspective. Discuss policy
  changes that you would like to see and why? Would
  this require change, reform, or termination of
  current policy?

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• SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination (Ash)

• SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal

• Policy TerminationDont Ask Dont Tell (DADT)
  was a compromise between the Clinton
  administration and its opponents in Congress and
  the military. Compromise sometimes yields good
  policy, but sometimes it produces internally
  inconsistent and counterproductive policy. Using
  DADT as an example, what do you see to be the
  potential strengths and weaknesses of policy
  borne of compromise

• For your journal entry, you will explore aspects
  of your personal experience and/or beliefs
  regarding significant public policies and what
  you have learned in your readings. As you
  reflect, please address the following questions
• What are the major current federal welfare
  issues?
• How do you feel about related policies?

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