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2. SOC 320 Course Real Knowledge / soc320dotcom SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 1 Public Policy (Ash) SOC 320 Week 1 DQ 2 Republic or Democracy? “…and to the republic for which we stand…” • Consider and explain the following statement, “Public policy is both what government does and what it does not do” (Theodoulou&Kofinis, 2012). • 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.

3. SOC 320 Course Real Knowledge / soc320dotcom SOC 320 Week 1 Journal Reflections on Federal Environmental Policy (Ash) SOC 320 Week 2 Assignment Education in the United States (Ash) • 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: • 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:

4. SOC 320 Course Real Knowledge / soc320dotcom SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy Process Theories (Ash) SOC 320 Week 2 DQ 2 Problem Identification and Agenda Setting (Ash) • 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 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

5. SOC 320 Course Real Knowledge / soc320dotcom SOC 320 Week 2 Journal Reflections on Education Policy (Ash) SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 1 MADD Grassroots Movement to Policy (Ash) • 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: • 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

6. SOC 320 Course Real Knowledge / soc320dotcom SOC 320 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Security (Ash) SOC 320 Week 3 Journal Reflections on Federal Welfare Policy (Ash) • 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 • 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:

7. SOC 320 Course Real Knowledge / soc320dotcom SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 1 Lobbying (Ash) SOC 320 Week 4 DQ 2 Health Care Reform Explained (Ash) • 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 • 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

8. SOC 320 Course Real Knowledge / soc320dotcom SOC 320 Week 4 Journal Reflections on Health Care Policy (Ash) SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 1 Obama and Romney on Immigration (Ash) • 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. • 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 that most closely

9. SOC 320 Course Real Knowledge / soc320dotcom SOC 320 Week 5 DQ 2 Policy Termination (Ash) SOC 320 Week 5 Journal Reflections on Federal Immigration Policy (Ash) • 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 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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