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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Public
Policy   Consider 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?
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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy and to
the republic for which we stand For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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 this means in regards to
public policy, social issues and its
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SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
Environmental Policy   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   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
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SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 For more classes
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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
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SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
Policy For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   or 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 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   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
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SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security For more
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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
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SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal
Welfare Policy For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.
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SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Hea
lth 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 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   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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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
Immigration For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ialcom   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
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SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Policy
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 you see to be the potential
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SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal
Immigration Policy For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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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