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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash Course)
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m   Public PolicyConsider and explain the
following statement, Public policy is both what
government does and what it does not do
(Theodoulou Kofinis, 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 Course)
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m   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 very closely
approximates the intent of the Founding Fathers?
If not, should there or should there not be an
effort to return to our origins? Why or why not?
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SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
Environmental Policy (Ash Course) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   Reflec
tions 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?
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SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United
States (Ash Course) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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 Does every individual have the
right of access to education? Why or why not?
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SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories (Ash
Course) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Policy Process
TheoriesDescribe 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 Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   Problem
Identification and Agenda SettingExamine 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 and what led to its gaining enough
attention so as to bring it to an agenda. Who was
involved and what were their roles?  
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SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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 Course) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   MADD Grassroots
Movement to PolicyGiven 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? How does this change what it does or
how it functions? 
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SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security (Ash Course)
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m   Social SecurityPublic 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 Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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 Course) For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   L
obbyingIt 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 Stop
or kill it
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained
(Ash Course) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Health 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.
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SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on Health Care
Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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 What are the
major current healthcare issues and policies
(Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -
2010)?
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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
Immigration (Ash Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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? Would
this require change, reform, or termination of
current policy?     
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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination (Ash
Course) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   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?
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SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal
Immigration Policy (Ash Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   Reflections
on Federal Immigration 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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