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• SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy

• SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy

• 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?

• 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
  information or insights might you share with
  them?

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• SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Environmental Policy

• SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United
  States

• 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?

• 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

• SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and
  Agenda Setting

• 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.

• 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

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• SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education
  Policy

• SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots Movement to
  Policy

• 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?
• 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?

• 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

• SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Welfare Policy

• 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?

• 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. 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

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• SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying

• SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained

• 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. 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

• 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

• SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on
  Immigration

• 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

• 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 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

• SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal
  Immigration Policy

• 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
  strengths and weaknesses of policy borne of
  compromise?

• 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?

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