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SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash)<br>For more course tutorials visit<br>www.soc320.com<br><br>Public Policy<br><br>Consider and explain the following statement, “Public policy is both what government does and what it does not do” (Theodoulou&Kofinis, 2012).<br>1 What determines whether policy is enacted or not? <br>2 Who holds the power and authority to make and change public policy?<br>3 Discuss public versus private concerns in relation to policy making and the government’s role in this process.<br>
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SOC 320 Tutorials • SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.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). 1 What determines whether policy is enacted or not? For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.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. SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy? “…and to the republic for which we stand…” (Ash)
SOC 320 Tutorials • SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal Environmental Policy (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.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. For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.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). SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United States (Ash)
SOC 320 Tutorials • SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying (Ash) SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.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. First, identify a current legislative issue being considered for policy adoption. For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.com Health 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. SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained (Ash)
SOC 320 Tutorials SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on Immigration (Ash) • SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on Health Care Policy (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.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 For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.com Obama and Romney on Immigration Watch 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 SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 Distributive Justice Across the Generations (Ash)
SOC 320 Tutorials SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal Immigration Policy (Ash) • SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.com Policy Termination Don’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. For more course tutorials visit www.soc320.com 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. SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 Distributive Justice Across the Generations (Ash)