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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash)
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? Discuss public
versus private concerns in relation to policy
making and the governments role in this process.
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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy? and
to the republic for which we stand (Ash)
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)
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 personally?
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SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United
States (Ash)
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? Do you think every individual has
the right to the same kind of education (i.e.,
academic versus vocational)? Explain why. Who
should be responsible for the provision of
education, the federal or local government?
Explain why.
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SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories (Ash)
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.
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SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and
Agenda Setting (Ash)
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. Who was
involved and what were their roles?
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SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
Policy (Ash)
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? 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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SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots Movement to
Policy (Ash)
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? How does this change what it does or
how it functions?
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 SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security (Ash)
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?
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SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal
Welfare Policy (Ash)
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? How do you
feel about related policies? What, if anything,
has changed or is changing, and how does it
affect you personally? What were your thoughts
prior to reading this weeks reading assignment?
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying (Ash)
LobbyingIt 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 Change it Ensure its adoption as is
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained
(Ash)
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.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? Defend your
position using critical thought.
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SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on Health Care
Policy (Ash)
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)? 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?
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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
Immigration (Ash)
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)
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? The 18-year process of
repealing DADT suggests that policy termination
can be a lengthy process. Should policies be
inherently difficult to terminate, especially
those rooted in public attitudes?
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SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal
Immigration Policy (Ash)
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? What were your thoughts prior to
reading this weeks reading assignments? How has
your perspective been either reinforced or
changed now that you are more informed?
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