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• SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash Course)
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• Public PolicyConsider 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.

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• SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy and to
  the republic for which we stand (Ash Course)
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• 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

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• SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Environmental Policy (Ash Course)
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• 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?
• What were your thoughts prior to reading this
  weeks reading assignment?

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• SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United
  States (Ash Course)
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• 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.

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• SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories (Ash
  Course)
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• Policy 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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• SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and
  Agenda Setting (Ash Course)
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• Problem Identification 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

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• SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
  Policy (Ash Course)
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• 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?

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• SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots Movement to
  Policy (Ash Course)
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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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• SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security (Ash Course)
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• Social SecurityPublic 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 Course)
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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?
• 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 Course)
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• 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

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• SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained
  (Ash Course)
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• 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 Course)
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• 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)?

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• SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
  Immigration (Ash Course)
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• 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 termi

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• SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination (Ash
  Course)
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• 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 Course)
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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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