Politics

Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (LAMATA)

Publication Date: November 19, 2015

In 2011 the World Bank and others were concerned that cities all over the developing world were losing their battle with increasing traffic congestion in part because they lacked institutions that had the authority and the capacity to promote...

Man on a Wire: Bart Stupak Walks a Tight Line between Obamacare & Abortion

Publication Date: June 17, 2015

Set in 2009-2010, during the fractious U.S. Congressional debate over enacting the Obamacare health reform bill, this ethics case focuses on the choices and constraints facing Bart Stupak, a Democratic Congressman from Michigan's Upper...

Megaprojects & the Role of the Public: Germany's Embattled 'Stuttgart 21' Rail Project

Publication Date: June 11, 2015

In February 2010, Germany's national railway broke ground on a project that had been under negotiation for more than 20 years, the Stuttgart segment of the European Magistrale, a 930-mile cross-Europe high-speed rail line that would one day...

In the Crossfire: Guns, Legislative Leadership and Recall Politics in Colorado

Publication Date: June 18, 2014

In 2013, democratic Colorado state senators John Morse and Angela Giron were recalled from office in the wake of a successful recall campaign launched by grassroots groups angered by the senators' support for newly-enacted gun control...

The Consolidation of the Health Departments in Summit County, Ohio (Epilogue)

Publication Date: July 18, 2013

In late 2008, government officials in Summit County, Ohio began to discuss the possibility of combining the county's three public health districts. These early discussions set the stage for more than two years of negotiations that eventually led...

The Consolidation of the Health Departments in Summit County, Ohio

Publication Date: July 18, 2013

In late 2008, government officials in Summit County, Ohio began to discuss the possibility of combining the county's three public health districts. These early discussions set the stage for more than two years of negotiations that eventually led...

Cutting Costs in Financial Hard Times: Two Massachusetts Towns Consider a Police Merger

Publication Date: July 18, 2013

When local governments face budget pressures, one approach is to regionalize services--that is, to seek out greater economies of scale by consolidating service delivery with other municipalities. This case describes the effort of two small...

Women as Leaders: Lessons from Political Quotas in India

Publication Date: July 18, 2013

In 1993, the Indian government approved a constitutional amendment that would forever change the face of rural politics. The landmark legislation mandated that village councils--traditionally the bastion of higher caste males--hold regular...

Aung San Suu Kyi, Seizing the Moment: Soaring Hopes & Tough Constraints in Myanmar's Unfolding Democracy

Publication Date: May 09, 2013

Set in the fall of 2012, this leadership case gives students the chance to grapple with the difficult challenges confronting Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, after a rapid turn of fortune that took her, over a period of 14 months,...

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Politics of Crisis Response (B)

Publication Date: March 14, 2013

Following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in late April 2010, the Obama administration organized a massive response operation to contain the enormous amount of oil spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. Attracting intense public...

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Politics of Crisis Response (A)

Publication Date: February 25, 2013

Following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in late April 2010, the Obama administration organized a massive response operation to contain the enormous amount of oil spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. Attracting intense public...

A Prescription for Change: The 2010 Overhaul of the American Health Care System

Publication Date: November 26, 2012

In March 2010, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a contentious, massive bill representing the most significant change to federal health care policy since Medicare. The legislation...