Leadership

Shrinking the Policy Process: The Press and the 1980 Love Canal Relocation

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case tells the story of the decision of the Carter administration to relocate 710 families from the area in and around an abandoned canal that had been used as a dumping ground for toxic wastes in the 1940s and 1950s. It focuses on the...

Oak View Memorial Hospital

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

Carol Sawyer, who has a master's degree in nursing, has recently been hired as director of nursing at the (fictionalized) Oak View Memorial Hospital. Her new boss, the executive director of the hospital, is interested in bringing innovation to...

The Legal Services Corporation Under the Reagan Administration: The Reagan Board (B) (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1981, the Reagan administration proposed the elimination of the federally-funded Legal Services Corporation (LSC), sparking an intense and ideologically bitter fight in Congress between pro- and anti-LSC forces. Part A gives a brief history...

Wage and Price Controls (B): The Nixon Controls

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

When inflation reached 18 percent in 1980, a groundswell of public opinion clamored for mandatory wage and price controls. President Carter steadfastly refused, citing consensus among government leaders and economists that America's previous...

Wage and Price Controls (A): The Debate in 1980

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

When inflation reached 18 percent in 1980, a groundswell of public opinion clamored for mandatory wage and price controls. President Carter steadfastly refused, citing consensus among government leaders and economists that America's previous...

Wage and Price Controls (C): The Early History of Controls

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

When inflation reached 18 percent in 1980, a groundswell of public opinion clamored for mandatory wage and price controls. President Carter steadfastly refused, citing consensus among government leaders and economists that America's previous...

Freezing the Arms Race: Public Opinion (Supplement)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This two-part case examines Randall Forsberg's role in the evolution of the grassroots nuclear freeze movement. The first part ("Genesis of a Mass Movement") offers background on post-WWII arms issues and on the growth of the peace movement...

Freezing the Arms Race: The Campaign in Washington

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This two-part case examines Randall Forsberg's role in the evolution of the grassroots nuclear freeze movement. The first part ("Genesis of a Mass Movement") offers background on post-WWII arms issues and on the growth of the peace movement...

Freezing the Arms Race: The Genesis of a Mass Movement: Addendum

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This two-part case examines Randall Forsberg's role in the evolution of the grassroots nuclear freeze movement. The first part ("Genesis of a Mass Movement") offers background on post-WWII arms issues and on the growth of the peace movement...

Freezing the Arms Race: The Genesis of a Mass Movement

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This two-part case examines Randall Forsberg's role in the evolution of the grassroots nuclear freeze movement. The first part ("Genesis of a Mass Movement") offers background on post-WWII arms issues and on the growth of the peace movement...

The Two Oaths of Richard Helms

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In 1973, former CIA director Richard Helms was called to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a follow-up to hearings confirming his nomination as ambassador to Iran. However, the primary issue of these sessions became the...

The Legal Services Corporation Under the Reagan Administration: The Reagan Board (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In 1981, the Reagan administration proposed the elimination of the federally-funded Legal Services Corporation (LSC), sparking an intense and ideologically bitter fight in Congress between pro- and anti-LSC forces. Part A gives a brief history...