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Week 5 6361 

Building an Agenda 

Readings 

Day 1
• Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: 

From policy practice to social justice. (8th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series. 

o Chapter 6, “Committing to an Issue: Building Agendas” (pp. 176-203) 

Day 2 

Edwards, H. R., & Hoefer, R. (2010). Are social work advocacy groups using Web 2.0 effectively? Journal of Policy Practice, 9(3/4), 220–239. doi:10.1080/15588742.2010.489037 

Policy Agendas
Discussion: 

• Many social issues do not receive the necessary      attention from decision makers. Why might these issues be cast aside? 
• Some issues lack sufficient support to ensure that they      are added to decision-makers’ agendas. Why might this be? 
• Some issues receive significant attention from decision      makers. Why might these issues easily find their way onto decision-makers’      agendas? 

Be sure to support your post with specific references to this week’s resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.