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• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy

• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy

• Consider 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 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. 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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• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on
  Federal Environmental Policy

• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in
  the United States

• 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 personally?

• 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.

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• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process
  Theories

• ASHFORD 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 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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• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on
  Education Policy

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

• 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?
• What, if anything, has changed or is changing,
  and how does it affect you personally?

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

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• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security

• ASHFORD 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? Should alternatives be
  considered and why?

• 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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• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying

• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform
  Explained

• 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.

• 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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• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on
  Health Care Policy

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

• As you reflect, please address the following
  questions
• 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?
• What were your thoughts prior to this weeks
  readings?

• 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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• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination

• ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on
  Federal Immigration Policy

• 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?

• 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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