Hello,
I am increasingly encountering students from other disciplines (engineering, architecture, biology, theology, etc.) who have no exposure to politics or political science. I am searching for an article that I can assign in Intro to Sustainability that would give them some basic information on the role of lobbying, campaign finance, legislation, regulatory bodies, taxation, and other dimensions of politics in promoting or obstructing action on environmental concerns. Is there a single "go to" article or book chapter that essentially explains how politics works (and applies specifically to environmental issues)? If not, are there a few that could be combined? The course is not an environmental politics course, so I don't have the luxury of assigning as much writing on politics as I'd like. The assignment needs to be appropriate for an intro course and assume no knowledge, because wow, they are shockingly innocent. Best regards, Debra ***** Debra Javeline Associate Professor | Department of Political Science | University of Notre Dame | 2060 Jenkins Nanovic Halls | Notre Dame, IN 46556 | tel: <tel:(574)%20631-2793> 574-631-2793 Fellow, <http://kroc.nd.edu/> Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, <http://nd.edu/~kellogg/> Kellogg Institute for International Studies, <http://nanovic.nd.edu/> Nanovic Institute for European Studies Core faculty, <http://germanandrussian.nd.edu/russian/faculty/program-faculty/RussianandEa stEuropeanStudies.shtml> Russian and East European Studies Program Affiliated faculty, <http://environmentalchange.nd.edu/> Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
