Many thanks to all who replied to my inquiry (David, Johnathan, Leah, Tabitha, and others off-list!). This is a very helpful listserv.
After skimming and sometimes reading carefully all the suggested work, I am struck by how little attention is given to the roles of campaign finance and corporate lobbying in environmental decisionmaking and outcomes. Given the outsized role of wealthy campaign contributors to the contemporary American political process, I wonder if I just missed it, or maybe there is a free-standing article on this somewhere? Thank you again! --Debra From: Tabitha Marie Benney [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 1:01 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [gep-ed] article recommendations for intro course? I was going to recommend the exact same chapter from the Vig and Kraft book. In fact, the first three chapters really do it all in terms of introducing students to the politics side. And the most recent edition is just as good - although it was written just before the US election and they clearly thought Hilary was going to win (as we all did). Best, Tabitha ************************ Dr. Tabitha M. Benney Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Utah Bldg. 73, RM 223, 332 S. 1400 E. Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Fax: (801) 585-6492 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] _____ From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Jonathan Rosenberg [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 10:48 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Cc: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: Re: [gep-ed] article recommendations for intro course? Hi Debra, This probably won't give you everything your students need--especially as regards the more expressly "political" dimensions--but chapter 1 in Vig and Kraft, Environmental Policy: New Directions for the 21st Century, might be useful. (Full disclosure: that's based on the 6th edition; I haven't seen the latest). Best, Jonathan On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Debra Javeline <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: 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 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Jonathan Rosenberg, PhD Professor of Political Science Chair, Department of Social Sciences Illinois Institute of Technology Siegel Hall 116E 3301 S. Dearborn St. Chicago, IL 60616 tel. 312-567-5188 -- 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] <mailto:[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.
