Cases

Paying the Bills at the Junta of Andalusia

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case explores the ways in which a seemingly mundane, undramatic function--the way in which a government pays its bills--can be linked to basic public perceptions of governmental...

Fall of the Shah of Iran

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In the first months of 1979, the Shah of Iran-on whom successive American administrations had relied as a pillar of strength in a strategic and turbulent region-fell from power. Less than a...

Matters of Life and Death: Defunding Organ Transplants in the State of Arizona

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case draws on controversy triggered by a decision to direct medical care funds for the poor to mothers and young children--rather than expensive, life-saving organ transplant operations...

Starting from Scratch: Alice Rivlin and the Congressional Budget Office (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

When Alice Rivlin became the first director of the Congressional Budget Office in February 1975, she found herself in charge of a new agency with no staff, no permanent offices, a very...

Finding Black Parents: One Church, One Child

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In 1980, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services faced a crisis. Over 700 black children in Cook County, including 69 infants, waited for adoption while the agency was unable...

Beagle Channel Negotiations (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This three-part case concerns a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile involving three small islands in the Beagle Channel at the southern tip of South America. Part A provides...

Beagle Channel Negotiations (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This three-part case concerns a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile involving three small islands in the Beagle Channel at the southern tip of South America. Part A provides...

Beagle Channel Negotiations (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This three-part case concerns a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile involving three small islands in the Beagle Channel at the southern tip of South America. Part A provides...

High Mountain Sheep Dam (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This case examines the decision facing the Federal Power Commission (FPC) of whether to license hydroelectric development of Idaho's Snake River. After providing background on the area's...

California Welfare Reform

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, conservative secretary of the California Health and Welfare Agency David Swoap and liberal San Francisco assemblyman Art Agnos began to discuss work and job training programs that...

Tacoma Neon Wars (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, the Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted to accept the proposal of artist Stephen Antonakos for a $280,000 neon sculpture to be placed in the new Tacoma Dome sports and convention...

Tacoma Neon Wars (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, the Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted to accept the proposal of artist Stephen Antonakos for a $280,000 neon sculpture to be placed in the new Tacoma Dome sports and convention...