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• SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy

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

• 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 to policy making and the governments
  role in this process.

• 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. If
  not, should there or should there not be an
  effort to return to our origins? Why

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• SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Environmental Policy

• SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United
  States

• What are the current major environmental issues?
• How do you feel about related policies?
• What, if anything, has changed or is changing,
  and how does it affect you personally?

• Does every individual have the right of access to
  education? Why or why not?
• Do you think every individual has the right to
  the same kind of education (i.e., academic versus
  vocational)? Explain why.
• Who should be responsible for the provision of
  education, the federal or local government?

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• SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories

• SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and
  Agenda Setting

• 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.

• 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

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• SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
  Policy

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

• What are the current major issues relating to
  education?
• How do you feel about related policies?
• What, if anything, has changed or is changing,
  and how does it affect you personally?
• What were your thoughts prior to reading this
  weeks reading assignment?

• 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? How
  does this change what it does or how it
  functions?

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• SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security

• SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Welfare Policy

• 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?

• It 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
• Stop or kill it
• Change it
• Ensure its adoption as is

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• SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying

• SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained

• Stop or kill it
• Change it
• Ensure its adoption as is
• What kinds of strategies will you implement in
  order to achieve your goal?

• Watch 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.

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• SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on Health Care
  Policy

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

• What are the major current healthcare issues and
  policies (Patient Protection and Affordable Care
  Act - 2010)?
• How do you feel about the new health care policy?
• What, if anything, has changed or is changing,
  and how does it affect you personally?

• Watch 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?

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• SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination

• SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Immigration Policy

• 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?

• What are the major current federal welfare
  issues?
• How do you feel about related policies?
• What, if anything, has changed or is changing,
  and how does it affect you personally?
• What were your thoughts prior to reading this
  weeks reading assignments?

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