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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

• Public Policy
• Consider 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?
• Discuss public versus private concerns in
  relation to policy making and the governments
  role in this process

• 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?

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• SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Environmental Policy

• SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United
  States

• 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?
• How do you feel about related policies?
• What, if anything, has changed or is changing,
  and how does it affect you

• 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

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

• 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 and what led to its gaining enough
  attention so as to bring it to an agenda

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• SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
  Policy

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

• or 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?
• How do you feel about related policies?

• 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 organization to a
  more institutional stakeholder

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• SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security

• SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Welfare Policy

• 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?

• 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 1 Lobbying

• SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained

• 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

• Health Care Reform Explained
• 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

• 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)?

• Obama and Romney on Immigration
• 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? Would this require
  change, reform, or termination of current policy?
  

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• SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination

• SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Immigration Policy

• Policy Termination
• Dont 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?

• 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?
• How do you feel about related policies?

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