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CSS 481 Conservation Leadership


Spring Semester 2009 MWF 1:30pm - 2:20pm (3 cr) Room CNR 025


Instructor: Thomas C. Lamar,
Executive Director of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
208-882-1444
lamar@pcei.org


Class Purpose
The purpose of this course is to generate essential understanding, insight, and skills into leadership of political, and organizational systems designed to conserve natural resources, including both non-profit and agency organizations. Prereq: CSS 235, 287 or permission from the instructor.
Class Syllabus
  • 2009 course syllabus and reading list, check back for updates!
  • Download a pdf copy of any of these readings:
    • Bryson, John M. Why Strategic Planning in Public and Nonprofit Organizations Is More Important Than Ever. From: Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Publ: Jossey-Bass. New York. 1995. p. 1-20. ISBN: 0787901415. Copyright held by publisher, subsidiary of Wiley.
    • Carter, Jimmy. The Forty-Ninth State, but First in Fishing. From: American Nature Writing, 1996. Publ: Sierra Club Books. San Francisco. 1996. p. 1-18. ISBN: 0871563894. Copyright held by Sierra Book Club.
    • Dowie, Mark. The Environmental Imagination. From: Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century. Publ: MIT Press. Cambridge, MA. 1995. p. 10-28. ISBN: 0262041472. Copyright held by MIT.
    • Gottlieb, Robert. Professionalization and Institutionalization: The Mainstream Groups. From: Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement. Publ: Island Press. Washington, D.C. 1993. p. 117-161, 352-364. ISBN: 1559631236. Copyright held by author.
    • Gordenker, Leon and Thomas G. Weiss. Pluralizing Global Governance: Analytical Approaches and Dimensions. From: NGOs, the UN, and Global Governance. Eds: Thomas Weiss and Leon Gordenker. Publ: Lynne Rienner Publishers. Boulder, CO. 1996. p. 17-47. ISBN: 1555876137. Copyright held by Third World Quarterly.
    • Grossman, Mark. Chronology. From: The ABC-CLIO Companion to The Environmental Movement. Publ: ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara, CA. 1994. p. 369-380. ISBN: 0874367328. Copyright held by author.
    • King, Martin Luther Jr. I Have a Dream Speech. Washington , DC August 28, 1963
    • Klein, Kim. The Ten Most Important Things You Can Know About Fundraising. From: Grassroots Fundraising Journal. Volume 23(1). January/February 2004. p. 11-13, 15.
    • Klein, Kim. How to Begin. From: Fundraising for Social Change. 2nd edition. Publ: Chardon Press. Inverness, CA. 1988. p. 16-29. ISBN: 0962022209. Copyright held by author.
    • Olson, W. Kent. The Politics of Fundraising. From: Environmental Leadership: Developing Effective Skills and Styles. Eds: Joyce K. Berry and John C. Gordon. Publ: Island Press. Washington, D.C. 1993. p. 123-142. ISBN: 1559632437. Copyright held by publisher.
    • Roush, G. Jon. Conservation’s Hour—Is Leadership Ready? From: Voices from the Environmental Movement: Perspectives for a New Era. Ed.: Donald Snow. Publ: Island Press. Washington, D.C. 1992. p. 21-40. ISBN: 1559631333. Copyright held by publisher. Island Press Suite 300, 1718 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, D. C. 20009
    • Snow, Donald. Key Issues of Conservation Leadership. From: Inside the Environmental Movement: Meeting the Leadership Challenge. Publ: Island Press. Washington, D.C. 1992. p. 133-191. ISBN: 1559630264. Copyright held by The Conservation Fund.
    • Wolf, Thomas. Understanding Nonprofit Organizations. From: Managing Nonprofit Organization. Publ: Prentice Hall Press. New York. 1990. p. 1-23. ISBN: 0135515572. Copyright held by publisher.
    Additions to reading list:


    last update: 1/13/2009

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