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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy For
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  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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy
and to the republic for which we stand For
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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
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on
Federal Environmental Policy For more course
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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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in
the United States For more course tutorials visit
www.tutorialrank.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 paper, ad
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process
Theories For more course tutorials visit
www.tutorialrank.com   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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem
Identification and Agenda Setting For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   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 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 course tutorials visit
www.tutorialrank.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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 3 Assignment and Week 5
Research Paper (Social Security) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Thesis and
Outline of Final 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
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots
Movement to Policy For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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 For
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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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on
Federal Welfare Policy For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Lob
byingIt 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
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform
Explained For more course tutorials visit
www.tutorialrank.com   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.
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on
Health Care Policy For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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. As you reflect, please
address the following questions
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
Immigration For more course tutorials visit
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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 polic
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy
Termination For more course tutorials visit
www.tutorialrank.com 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?
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ASHFORD SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on
Federal Immigration Policy For more course
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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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