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Class Work Exercise

Instructions: Complete all reading required, pay particular attention to the reading: How Does an Idea’s Time Come? Your goal is to develop an understanding of the various positions associated with the policy problems in the U.S. After examining the major issues, complete the table on the following page. There are various positions and answers that could be correct; all students are expected to justify responses.

Focus on how various groups define the problem, policy solutions offered to correct the problem, triggering events that heighten the importance of the issue and symbols used to describe the problem; interest and networks that heighten attention on the problem and the necessity for a solution.

Complete the following table:

Class Work: Competing Policy Solutions to Policy Problems

Policy Process

Policy Area #1

Policy Area #1

Policy Area #2

Policy Area #2

Competing View#1

Competing View#2

Competing View#1

Competing View#2

Problem Identification

What are 2 competing problem definitions that are currently influencing the debate over the policy areas that you have chosen?

Policy Solutions (proposals)

What are the main policy proposals under consideration? Briefly describe them. Doing nothing could be the competing view.

Political Networks (Interest Groups or prominent personalities)

Trigger Events and Windows (Opportunities)

Identify whether there has been an event or moment that has drawn attention to the issue or has influenced the way that individuals think about the problem and how to solve it.