Advocacy and Lobbying

From individual moral dilemmas to multiparty negotiations, the cases in this section explore the role of influence in decision- and policy-making as well as the means by which it is exerted. Through discussion-based, active learning, students consider the perspectives and challenges faced by advocates large and small as well as the political and organizational actors with which they engage.

  • Classic Case - Auto Safety (A)

    Auto Safety (A)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1977

    Until the passage of the National Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety Act in 1966, the issue of car safety had been largely ignored by both the government and automobile industry. This case...

  • Classic Case - Hunger in America: 1965-1969 (Sequel)

    Hunger in America: 1965-1969 (Sequel)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1977

    In 1967 Senators Robert Kennedy and Joseph Clark focused national attention on hunger in America with their unscheduled and widely publicized tour of black homes in the Mississippi Delta...

  • Classic Case - Central Utah Project (Supplement)

    Central Utah Project (Supplement)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1976

    This case examines Interior Secretary Rogers Morton's decision to continue construction of the Bonneville unit of the Central Utah Project (CUP), a $2.1 billion multi-purpose water resource...

  • Classic Case - Central Utah Project (B)

    Central Utah Project (B)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1976

    This case examines Interior Secretary Rogers Morton's decision to continue construction of the Bonneville unit of the Central Utah Project (CUP), a $2.1 billion multi-purpose water resource...

  • Classic Case - Central Utah Project (A)

    Central Utah Project (A)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1976

    This case examines Interior Secretary Rogers Morton's decision to continue construction of the Bonneville unit of the Central Utah Project (CUP), a $2.1 billion multi-purpose water resource...

  • Classic Case - Hunger in America: 1965-1969

    Hunger in America: 1965-1969

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    In 1967 Senators Robert Kennedy and Joseph Clark focused national attention on hunger in America with their unscheduled and widely publicized tour of black homes in the Mississippi Delta...

  • Teaching Case - Park Plaza (C)

    Park Plaza (C)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This case concerns the 1971 Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) plan to develop the Park Plaza area of downtown Boston. It centers on Miles Mahoney, commissioner of the Mass. Department of...

  • Teaching Case - Park Plaza (A)

    Park Plaza (A)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This case concerns the 1971 Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) plan to develop the Park Plaza area of downtown Boston. It centers on Miles Mahoney, commissioner of the Mass. Department of...

  • Teaching Case - Park Plaza (B)

    Park Plaza (B)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This case concerns the 1971 Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) plan to develop the Park Plaza area of downtown Boston. It centers on Miles Mahoney, commissioner of the Mass. Department of...