Chapter One: Joining a tradition of social reform



Infro-Trac Exercises

Chapter One: Joining a tradition of social reform

Exercise A: adolescents and education and achievement

Exercise B: healthcare and children

Keywords: policy, welfare reform, services, liberal, conservative, social justice, poverty, violence, child care, living wage, out groups, in groups, youth, reform

Chapter Two: Articulating four rationales for participating in policy advocacy

Exercise A: clients and intervention

Exercise B: cultural sensitivity and treatment

Keywords: Head Start, Ralph Nader, human services, Latinos, African Americans, Asians, gays, lesbians, elderly, education, inequality

Chapter Three: Obtaining Skills and Competencies for Policy Advocacy

Exercise A: public policy and assessment

Exercise B: conflict and advocacy

Keywords: evaluate, evaluation, skills, analytic, communication, policy advocacy, ethics, policy practice, strategy

Chapter Four: Understanding the Ecology of Policy in Governmental, Electoral, Community, and Agency Settings

Exercise A: Clinton and interest groups

Exercise B: lobbyists and AARP

Keywords: Bush administration, legislation, legislative, government, federal, state, regional, laws, regulations, FEMA, Rumsfeld, political action committees

Chapter Five: Expanding Policy Advocacy Across National Borders

Exercise A: Bush and immigration

Exercise B: Bush and CAFTA

Keywords: immigration, fair trade, free trade, developing nations, World Trade Organization

Chapter Six: Committing to an Issue: Building Agendas

Exercise A: primary w1 prevention and health

Exercise B: partisan and politics and welfare

Keywords: prevention, opposition, mass media, negotiation, sponsors, tactics, strategic planning, agenda, proposal, partisan politics

Chapter Seven: Committing to a Solution: Analyzing Problems

Exercise A: demography and society

Exercise B: statistics and homelessness

Keywords: demographics, statistical, typology, prevalence, relevance, criteria, assessment, social problems, ecological perspective, outcomes, radical perspective, causation, need, rates, incidence, prevalence

Chapter Eight: Developing Policy Proposals

Exercise A: philanthropy and society

Exercise B: women and welfare and data

Keywords: stakeholders, funding, foundations, grants, taxes, access, collaboration, cost effectiveness, feasibility, qualitative, quantitative, evaluations

Chapter Nine: Presenting and Defending Policy Proposals

Exercise A: presentation and communication and skills

Exercise B: partnerships and community and programs

Keywords: ideology, persuasion, objectives, audience, criticism, directive, credibility, budget

Chapter Ten: Developing and Using Power

Exercise A: leadership and social w1 workers

Exercise B: whistleblowing and government

Keywords: power, autonomy, discretion, compliance, politics, coalitions, networks, authority, ethics of power, oversight

Chapter Eleven: Developing Political Strategy

Exercise A: radical and welfare

Exercise B: domestic policy and Bush

Keywords: deliberations, liberal, conservative, Green, Libertarian, third party, moderate, game theory, coalition, policy goals, sponsors, resources

Chapter Twelve: Putting Political Strategy into Action

Exercise A: media and election and impact

Exercise B: campaign and welfare

Keywords: interventions, implementation, opponents, leaders, civil servants, press, mass media, testify, hearing, organizational culture, get out the vote

Chapter Thirteen: Engaging in Ballot-Based Policy Advocacy

Exercise A: negative and political campaign

Exercise B: endorsements and elections

Keywords: domestic, environmental, international, candidates, ballot-based, affiliation, population, mudslinging, campaign finance reform, electoral college

Chapter Fourteen: Troubleshooting and Assessing Policies

Exercise A: economy and services and impact

Exercise B: Hurricane Katrina and rebuilding and policies

Keywords: organizations, outcomes, crises, society, demographics, assessment, evaluate, debate, analyze, data, goals, outcomes, criteria, research, interpretation

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