Judy Layzer's book, The Environmental Case, aims to do this. It has an intro chapter that does an overview of these issues and then has many case studies. In addition her academic book, Open for Business, focuses on these issue in detail although this is likely better for a graduate than undergraduate audience.
To teach this in a practical, hands on way, I wrote a negotiation game several years ago with Noelle Selin and Larry Susskind called the Mercury Game. It's been used successfully in a wide variety of classrooms, from science to social science. You can download the game for free here: http://mercurygame.scripts.mit.edu/game/ - We also evaluated what the game does from a learning perspective here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13412-014-0183-y Hope this helps! All the best, Leah — *Leah Stokes* Assistant Professor Department of Political Science | Bren School of Environmental Science & Management | Environmental Studies University of California Santa Barbara enventlab.com | polsci.ucsb.edu/faculty/stokes/ | @leahstokes <http://twitter.com/leahstokes> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 9:30 AM, Tindall, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not sure I have a suggested recommended reading (though I suppose I > could suggest a few), but I teach sociology of environmental issues, and > this is a common problem for me, for non-sociology/non social science > students. > > > David Tindall > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > David Tindall > Professor > Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia > > Chair > Environment and Society Minor, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia > > Mailing address: > > Department of Sociology > University of British Columbia > 6303 N.W. Marine Drive > Vancouver, British Columbia > Canada V6T 1Z1 > > Office Location: Anthropology and Sociology Building Room 1317 > > E-mail: [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of > Debra Javeline [[email protected]] > *Sent:* May-11-18 9:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [gep-ed] article recommendations for intro course? > > 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: > 574-631-2793 <(574)%20631-2793> > > > > Fellow, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies > <http://kroc.nd.edu/>, Kellogg Institute for International Studies > <http://nd.edu/~kellogg/>, Nanovic Institute for European Studies > <http://nanovic.nd.edu/> > > Core faculty, Russian and East European Studies Program > <http://germanandrussian.nd.edu/russian/faculty/program-faculty/RussianandEastEuropeanStudies.shtml> > > Affiliated faculty, Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative > <http://environmentalchange.nd.edu/> > > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
