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