FWIW, I am doing work on campaign contributions and environmental/energy policy, and explicitly framing it within traditional American Politics subfield debates (e.g. Policy feedback, organized interest groups, etc.) I agree this particularly more narrow area that Stacy/Debra were talking about is not very well populated.
If folks are interested, please feel free to reach out and happy to send you papers. I'm finishing a book as well. 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 18, 2018 at 8:27 AM, Stacy VanDeveer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My point was not that there is no work on any of these issue areas. Very > sorry if I suggested otherwise. You cite excellent work indeed! > > > > My comment was about the political science subfield of American politics. > If there are places where lots of doctoral students in PoliSci American > politics doctoral programs are working on these issues, I would be very > happy to know more about them. > > > > In fact, it was sociology (and anthropology & geography) that I had in > mind when I suggested that non-PoliSci social science fields might have > more such work – as related to issues, processes, actors and institutions > in American politics -- and thus produce a richer applicant pool of > assistant professor applicants than would a strictly PoliSci, > discipline-specific search. > > > > --SV > > > > > > *From: *Gep-Ed <[email protected]> on behalf of "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 6:20 PM > *To: *Gep-Ed <[email protected]> > > *Subject: *Re: [gep-ed] article recommendations for intro course? > > > > Hi, > > > > If I may, I'd like to mention the excellent work done by environmental > sociologists looking at corporate influence in US environmental politics, > especially the work of Robert Brulle, Riley Dunlap, Aaron McCright, Justin > Farrell and their colleagues on corporate foundations and think tanks > promoting climtae change denial, Ryan Wishart on coal companies, Peter > Dauvergne on "the environmentalism of the rich", Charles Derber on > corporate influence on the discourse of sustainability, Eric Bonds and Liam > Downey on corporate influence on environmental policy, Sheldon Kamieniecki > has two books on the topic, etc. etc. > > > > There's also an amazing interdisciplinary partnership project in Canada > that looks specifically at the influence of the oil industry in Canadian > politics, including intercorporate networks, think tanks, lobbying, > cultural influence, etc. (which I have the privilege to be a part of, see > www.corporatemapping.ca). It would be important I think that someone > starts a similar project in the US. > > > > On race, class and environmental politics, I'd suggest work by Kari > Norgaard, Shannon Bell, Robert Bullard, Julian Agyeman, David Pellow, etc. > I must admit I'm a bit surprised that these questions have come up on this > listserv, given the wealth of literature on these topics, but perhaps it > was intended more specifically and I'm not understanding well. > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Bell, Shannon Elizabeth. 2013. *Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed: > Appalachian Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice*. Champaign > (IL): University of Illinois Press. > > > > Bonds, Eric. 2011. “The Knowledge-Shaping Process: Elite Mobilization and > Environmental Policy.” *Critical Sociology* 37(4):429–46. > > > > Bonds, Eric. 2015. “Challenging Global Warming’s New ‘Security Threat’ > Status.” *Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice* 27(2):209–16. > > > > Bonds, Eric. 2016a. “Beyond Denialism: Think Tank Approaches to Climate > Change.” *Sociology Compass* 10(4):306–17. > > > > Bonds, Eric. 2016b. “Losing the Arctic: The U.S. Corporate Community, the > National-Security State, and Climate Change.” *Environmental Sociology* > 2(1):5–17. > > > > Bonds, Eric. 2016c. “Upending Climate Violence Research: Fossil Fuel > Corporations and the Structural Violence of Climate Change.” *Human > Ecology Review* 22(2):3–23. > > > > Brulle, Robert J. 2014. “Institutionalizing Delay: Foundation Funding and > the Creation of U.S. Climate Change Counter-Movement Organizations.” *Climatic > Change* 122(4):681–94. > > > > Brulle, Robert J., Liesel Hall Turner, Jason Carmichael, and J. Craig > Jenkins. 2007. “Measuring Social Movement Organization Populations: A > Comprehensive Census of U.S. Environmental Movement Organizations.” > *Mobilization: > An International Quarterly Review* 12(3):195–211. > > > > Dauvergne, Peter. 2016. *Environmentalism of the Rich*. Boston: MIT Press. > > > > David Naguib Pellow. 2017. *What Is Critical Environmental Justice?* > Polity Press. > > > > Derber, Charles. 2010. *Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and > Remaking the Economy*. Boulder (CO) and London: Paradigm Publishers. > > > > Downey, Liam. 2015. *Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment*. New > York: New York University Press. > > > > Farrell, Justin. 2016a. “Corporate Funding and Ideological Polarization > about Climate Change.” *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences* > 113(1):92–97. > > > > Farrell, Justin. 2016b. “Network Structure and Influence of the Climate > Change Counter-Movement.” *Nature Climate Change* 6(4):370–74. > > > > Gonzalez, George A. 2001. *Corporate Power and the Environment: The > Political Economy of U.S. Environmental Policy*. Lanham, MD: Rowman & > Littlefield Publishers. > > > > Guel, Anel, Rachel Kelly, Rich Pirog, Jane Henderson, Kyeesha Wilcox, > Taylor Wimberg, et al. 2017. *An Annotated Bibliography on Structural > Racism Present in the U.S. Food System*. 5th ed. Lansing, MI: Michigan > State University Center for Regional Food Systems. > > > > Jacques, Peter J., Riley E. Dunlap, and Mark Freeman. 2008. “The > Organisation of Denial: Conservative Think Tanks and Environmental > Scepticism.” *Environmental Politics* 17(3):349–85. > > > > Kamieniecki, Sheldon. 2006. *Corporate America and Environmental Policy: > How Often Does Business Get Its Way?* Stanford, Calif: Stanford Law and > Politics/Stanford University Press. > > > > Kraft, Michael E. and Sheldon Kamieniecki, eds. 2007. *Business and > Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System*. > Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. > > > > Mascarenhas, Michael J. 2016. “Where the Waters Divide: Neoliberal Racism, > White Privilege and Environmental Injustice.” *Race, Gender & Class; New > Orleans* 23(3/4):6–25. > > > > McCright, Aaron M. and Riley E. Dunlap. 2003. “Defeating Kyoto: The > Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” *Social > Problems* 50(3):348–73. > > > > Molotch, Harvey. 1976. “The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political > Economy of Place.” *American Journal of Sociology* 82(2):309–32. > > > > Norgaard, Kari Marie. 2012. “Climate Denial and the Construction of > Innocence: Reproducing Transnational Environmental Privilege in the Face of > Climate Change.” *Race, Gender & Class* 19(1/2):80–103. > > > > Wishart, Ryan. 2012. “Coal River’s Last Mountain: King Coal’s Après Moi Le > Déluge Reign.” *Organization & Environment* 25(4):470–85. > > > > > > > > > > J. P. Sapinski > > Post-doctoral fellow > > Department of Sociology > > University of Victoria > > Lekwungen & W̱SÁNEĆ Territories > > BC, Canada > > > > Email: [email protected] > > uvic.academia.edu/JPSapinski > > www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean_Philippe_Sapinski > > On 2018-05-17 14:35, Stacy VanDeveer wrote: > > Hi all, > > So this may reveal some of my biases where a lot of American politics > scholarship is concerned... but I find that there is also a dearth of work > connecting environment & sustainability to race and and class issues and > concerns in American politics. > > In short - to Michele, Tabitha and others - what may be needed if > political science can’t rise to these challenges is to more explicitly open > such searches up to social science disciplines where such concerns are more > consistently at the center of inquiry. > > > > SV > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 17, 2018, at 5:29 PM, Tabitha Marie Benney < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Great point! We recently had two failed searches for an Americanist that > also did Environment. We had to expand the search to include Associate > level candidates and finally got a fantastic scholar, but the pool was > extremely limited otherwise. > > > > ************************ > > Dr. Tabitha M. Benney > > Assistant Professor > > Department of Political Science > > University of Utah > > Bldg. 73, RM 223, 332 S. 1400 E. > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Bldg.+73,+RM+223,+332+S.+1400+E.+%0D%0A+Salt+Lake+City,+UT+84112&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Salt Lake City, UT > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Bldg.+73,+RM+223,+332+S.+1400+E.+%0D%0A+Salt+Lake+City,+UT+84112&entry=gmail&source=g> > 84112 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Bldg.+73,+RM+223,+332+S.+1400+E.+%0D%0A+Salt+Lake+City,+UT+84112&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Fax: (801) 585-6492 > > Email: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of * > Betsill,Michele > *Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2018 3:23 PM > *To:* '[email protected]' <[email protected]>; Tabitha Marie Benney < > [email protected]>; [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [gep-ed] article recommendations for intro course? > > > > Hi, > > > > We’re hoping to hire in the area of American politics and environment in > the next year or so and I’ve been struck by how few people are working in > this space. There is a lot of work on US environmental policy but as far as > I can tell not much that connects some traditional issues in American > politics with the environmental issue domain. > > > > Michele > > > > --------- > > Michele M. Betsill, PhD > > Professor and Chair > > Department of Political Science > > Clark C346/1782 Campus Delivery > > Colorado State University > > Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 > > USA > > +1-970-491-5157 > > > > *Stay Connected:*Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/csupolisci/>| > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/CSUPoliSci/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel> | > Twitter <https://twitter.com/CSUPoliSci> > > <image002.png> <http://polisci.colostate.edu/> > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Debra > Javeline > *Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2018 2:50 PM > *To:* 'Tabitha Marie Benney' <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [gep-ed] article recommendations for intro course? > > > > 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] > <[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. > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Bldg.+73,+RM+223,+332+S.+1400+E.+%0D%0ASalt+Lake+City,+UT+84112&entry=gmail&source=g> > Salt Lake City, UT 84112 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Bldg.+73,+RM+223,+332+S.+1400+E.+%0D%0ASalt+Lake+City,+UT+84112&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Fax: (801) 585-6492 > > Email: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of > Jonathan Rosenberg [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, May 11, 2018 10:48 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [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]> 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: > 574-631-2793 <%28574%29%20631-2793> > > > > Fellow, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies > <http://kroc.nd.edu/>, Kellogg Institute for International Studies > <http://nd.edu/%7Ekellogg/>, 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. > > > > > -- > > Jonathan Rosenberg, PhD > > Professor of Political Science > > Chair, Department of Social Sciences > > Illinois Institute of Technology > > Siegel Hall 116E > > 3301 S. 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