SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com

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2. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com 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?

3. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy and to the republic for which we stand (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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 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?

4. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal Environmental Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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?

5. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United States (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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, address the following: Does every individual have the right of access to education? Why or why not?

6. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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.

7. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and Agenda Setting (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Problem Identification and Agenda SettingExamine and evaluate the problem identification and agenda setting stages of the policy process in this week’s 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?  

8. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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: What are the current major issues relating to education?

9. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots Movement to Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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? 

10. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com 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?

11. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal Welfare Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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: What are the major current federal welfare issues?

12. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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

13. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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.

14. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on Health Care Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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: What are the major current healthcare issues and policies (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - 2010)?

15. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on Immigration (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Obama and Romney on ImmigrationWatch Obama and Romney Debate Each Other’s 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?     

16. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Policy TerminationDon’t Ask Don’t 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?

17. SOC 320 Ash Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal Immigration Policy (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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: What are the major current federal welfare issues?

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