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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy
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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?
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or
Democracy and to the republic for which we
stand For more course
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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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on
Federal Environmental Policy
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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? What were your thoughts prior to
reading this weeks reading assignment? How has
your perspective been either reinforced or
changed now that you are more informed?
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on
Federal Environmental Policy
For more course tutorials visit
www.tutorialrank.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 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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on
Federal Environmental Policy
For more course tutorials visit
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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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process
Theories For more course
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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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem
Identification and Agenda Setting
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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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on
Education Policy For more
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ctions 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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 3 Assignment and Week 5
Research Paper (Social Security)
For more course tutorials visit
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Paper This assignment is to be a thorough
outline, including components as detailed below,
of your Final Paper. Your Final Paper is to be
a comprehensive research study on one of the
following public policy topics Environmental
Concerns Immigration Health Care Primary and
Secondary Public Education
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots
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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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security
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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 stren
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on
Federal Welfare Policy For
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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?
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying
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www.tutorialrank.com 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
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform
Explained For more course
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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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on
Health Care Policy For more
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ctions 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?
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
Immigration For more course
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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? Your initial post should be
at least 250 words in length. Support your points
with scholarly references, appropriate citations,
and full references at the conclusion of your
post. Cite your sources in APA format. Review
several of your classmates posts, and then,
provide a substantive response to at least two of
your classmates by Day 7. What, if any,
additional insights would you present to your
classmates on differing perspectives related to
immigration?Obama and Romney on Immigration
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination
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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 inhere
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on
Federal Immigration Policy For
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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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