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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash)
For more course tutorials
visit www.soc320.com   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?
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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy? and
to the republic for which we stand (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.soc320.com   Repub
lic 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.
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SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
Environmental Policy (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.soc320.com   Refle
ctions 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? How do you
feel about related policies?
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SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United
States (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.soc320.com 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) For more course tutorials
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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.
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SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and
Agenda Setting (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.soc320.com   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
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SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
Policy (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.soc320.com   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?
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SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots Movement to
Policy (Ash) For more course tutorials
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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 organization to a more institutional
stakeholder?
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SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.soc320.com   Socia
l 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?
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SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal
Welfare Policy (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.soc320.com   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?
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.soc320.com   Lobbying
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. First, identify a current
legislative issue being considered for policy
adoption. Search for this information at The
Library of Congress THOMAS. Then, specify what
your legislative goals are with respect to this
proposed legislation
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained
(Ash) For more course tutorials
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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 and Affordable Care Act.
Do you feel that more people will benefit or that
more will suffer as a result of this policy?
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SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on Health Care
Policy (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.soc320.com   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
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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
Immigration (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.soc320.com 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?
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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.soc320.com   Polic
y 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?
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SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal
Immigration Policy (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.soc320.com   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? What, if anything, has changed
or is changing, and how does it affect you
personally?
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