Dear colleagues, I’m writing to share a case study designed for classroom use that I wrote with Sarah Bush and lead author Ryan Pike (an amazing grad student at Yale). We hope it may be relevant for people teaching undergraduate and master’s classes this fall on environmental politics, non- state actors in world politics, non-profit management, and global governance, among other topics.
The case study is called “Protecting Giants: NGO Decision-making for Elephant Conservation.” It can be downloaded for free as a PDF via the Yale School of Management’s case study repository at https://shopcases.som.yale.edu/products/protecting-giants-ngo-decision-making-for-elephant-conservation . The case asks students to imagine that they are working for an international NGO on elephant conservation efforts. The decision they face is in which country in Africa they will implement their project. The case study provides information that could guide the decision, including about country need, available resources, politics, and NGO density. The case study can be assigned as a reading and then used for an in-class group assignment/discussion or as the basis for an outside-of-class individual written assignment. We wrote a brief “teaching notes” document, which I’m happy to send by request (although people can also request a copy from the case repository). It includes discussion questions, additional related readings that could be assigned with this piece on a syllabus, and advice. We’ve enjoyed teaching this case in our classes and would love to hear from you if you use it, too. Please feel free to share this message or the case itself with anyone who you think might find it useful for their teaching. We produced it as part of our book project on NGOs that was funded by the National Science Foundation. I hope you are having a good summer! Best wishes, Jennifer -- *Jennifer Hadden* Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics 3117H Chincoteague Hall University of Maryland, College Park [email protected] http://jenniferhadden.com/ -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAJhMVWBo-J9C5pYOJ%2BfKQ8UmA0NrmsXN9vfuCjvWZqtYNEMJ%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
