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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.soc320papers.com   Public
Policy   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?
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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy? and
to the republic for which we stand (Ash) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.soc320papers.com   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
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SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
Environmental Policy (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.com   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  
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SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the
United States (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.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
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SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories
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m   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-
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SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and
Agenda Setting (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.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
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SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots Movement to
Policy (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.com   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
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SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security (Ash) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.soc320papers.com   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
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SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal
Welfare Policy (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.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
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying (Ash) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.soc320papers.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.
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained
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om   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 (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.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.
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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
Immigration (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.com   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
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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination (Ash)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.soc320papers.com   Pol
icy 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
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SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal
Immigration Policy (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.soc320papers.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
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