Obama's Deal, Frontline

Here have three case discussions. And just need to answer questions for each one after watch the video. Graded Threaded Discussion 2: Watch this Frontline about the power of the NRA: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gunned-do What values are at play in the gun debate? How does the Stone reading apply to these values? Who are the various target populations being considered for various policy alternatives? Which actors and institutions have been particularly influential in these discussions? Why? What are their goals? Why has the coalition advocating for gun control been largely ineffective? Graded Threaded Discussion 3: The Vaccine War, Frontline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-vaccine-war/ (Links to an external site.) How has policy design affected the discussion around vaccination? Who are the various target populations being considered for various policy alternatives? How do social constructions of these groups influence the tone and substance of these proposals? Why are social constructions of target populations important to consider when advocating for your own causes? Graded Threaded Discussion 4: Obama's Deal, Frontline Watch the Frontline video "Obama's Deal": http://www.pbs.org/video/1468710007/ (Links to an external site.) Apply the Multiple Streams OR Punctuated Equilibrium Theory frameworks to the issue of health care reform, as outlined in the video. How well does the framework fit? How does it help you to think more analytically about policy change? Where does it fall short? What questions do you have about this framework? Graded Threaded Discussion 5: Watch the Frontline video "Immigration Battle": http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/immigration-battle/ Apply the Advocacy Coalition frameworks to the issue of immigration reform, as outlined in the video. How well does the framework fit? How does it help you to think more analytically about policy change? Where does it fall short? What questions do you have about this framework? How useful are policy frameworks for explaining failures in policy change? What would you have done differently if you were involved in trying to achieve the type of reform being pursued in the video?