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Welcome to SCOTUS100x, The Supreme Court and American Politics, brought to you by The University of Baltimore's School of Law and Mr. Lyle Denniston, informally known as the dean emeritus of Supreme Court Journalists.
Throughout this eight-week course, you will go on a journey with Mr. Denniston to explore the history of the United States Supreme Court, with primary emphasis on its interaction with America’s political life. From the founding of a new nation with the creation of a truly national constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in the summer of 1787 up to our own time, the Supreme Court has been both immersed in the political scene, and apart from it.
POLSC101: Introduction to Political Science.
Syllabus
- Course Introduction
- Unit 1: Foundational Concepts of Politics
- Unit 2: Participation and Public Opinion
- Unit 3: Ideologies
- Unit 4: The State
- Unit 5: Political Institutions
- Unit 6: International Politics
- Study Guide
- Course Feedback Survey
- Certificate Final Exam
Comparative Democratic Development Part II: Conditions of Democracy
POLISCI101
Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences
This course is designed to follow Comparative Democratic Development Part I: Conditions of Democracy. There are no formal prerequisites for this course, although an interest in democracy, democratic structures and institutions, as well as democratic development is key.
The first part of this course explored the definition and elements of liberal democracy and the social, economic, and cultural conditions for sustaining. It also looked at the dynamics of democracy, taking a more actor-centered approach to examine the drivers of democratic transitions and breakdowns. This second and final part of the course takes a more political approach, asking two questions. First, how do the institutions of liberal democracy vary in design, and what institutional choices seem to offer the best prospects for sustaining liberal democracy? What tensions and tradeoffs must be navigated in designing or reforming democratic institutions? Second, is it possible for external actors to assist in the development and defense of democracy? What types of international policies and practices have been most successful in supporting democracy from abroad, and how can democracy be promoted more effectively?
Comparative Democratic Development Part I: Conditions of Democracy
Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences
POLISCI-101
Democratic Development is intended as a broad, introductory survey of the political, social, cultural, economic, institutional, and international factors that foster and obstruct the development and consolidation of democracy. Each factor will be examined in historical and comparative perspective, with reference to a variety of different national experiences. It is hoped that students in developing or prospective democracies will use the theories, ideas, and lessons in the class to help build or improve democracy in their own countries.
This course is primarily intended for individuals in college or beyond, with some academic background or preparation in political science or the social sciences. However, it seeks to be accessible and useful to a diverse international audience, including college students, instructors at the second and college levels, government officials, development professionals, civil society leaders, journalists, bloggers, activists, and individuals involved in a wide range of activities and professions related to the development and deepening of democracy.
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Description
This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. Three broad themes that are central to understanding political life are focused upon: the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), and democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville). The way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined throughout the course.
Course Takeaways
- The way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined throughout the course.
Introduction to Comparative Politics MIT-LECTURE 2
This class addresses the fundamental problems of governance: the rationale for the state and ways to make sure that the state does what is in the best interests of people subject to its authority. The central purpose of the class is to help you think critically about these issues, which will include interrogating the assumptions that you– like everyone else– probably have about them.
The class also has a few corollary goals:
- To help you identify improvements in how your country could be governed;
- To help you make and critique arguments about public policy and social issues, based on analytical reasoning and empirical evidence;
- To give you practice in writing and presentation; and
- To provide the foundation for more specialized polisci classes, if you wish to take them.
- CLICK ON THE CLASS TITLE- DIRECT YOU TO THE CLASS. THE COURSE INCLUDES SEVERAL SESSIONS TO ATTEND.
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Capitalism: Success, Crisis, and Reform.
About the CourseIn this course, we will seek to interpret capitalism using ideas from biological evolution: firms pursuing varied strategies and facing extinction when those strategies fail are analogous to organisms struggling for survival in nature. For this reason, it is less concerned with ultimate judgment of capitalism than with the ways it can be shaped to fit our more specific objectives–for the natural environment, public health, alleviation of poverty, and development of human potential in every child. Each book we read will be explicitly or implicitly an argument about good and bad consequences of capitalism.
POLSC201: Introduction to Western Political Thought
Syllabus
- Course Introduction
- Unit 1: The Polis
- Unit 2: Modern Political Thought
- Unit 3: Liberal Democracy and Its Critics
- Study Guide
- Course Feedback Survey
- Certificate Final Exam
American Government: Constitutional Foundations
Overview
“We the People” are the opening words of the U.S. Constitution, yet the original document did not give citizens much say in the election of their officials. Though some of those issues have been addressed, substantial barriers—gerrymandering, voter registration, and voter ID laws—still restrain the power of the vote. Why? How can a country, founded more than 200 years ago on the ideals of liberty, equality, and individualism, still struggle to empower all of its citizens equally?
This course explores the origins of U.S. political culture, how that culture informed the Constitution, and how that framework continues to influence the country’s politics and policies. We will examine the Constitution’s provisions for limited government, the division of power between the federal and state governments, and the forces that have made federalism a source of political conflict and change.
We will address how the Constitution not only established the structure of the U.S. government but guarantees personal freedoms and civil rights. These rights have been challenged and expanded in significant Supreme Court cases, which will help to illustrate how historically disadvantaged groups have struggled to realize the 14th Amendment's promise of equality.
Syllabus
Week 1: Political Culture This session will explore the origins of the nation’s political culture, its embrace by each succeeding generation of Americans, and its continuing influence on the nation’s politics and policies. U.S. welfare and education policy will be used to illustrate that influence. The session also highlights the nature of politics—the process through which society settles its conflicts over scarce resources and conflicting values.
Week 2:Limited Government This session will examine the Constitution’s provisions for limited government and then explore the extent to which these provisions have curbed constitutional abuses of power. The main points of the session will be reinforced by examining a set of cases, including the Watergate scandal, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the Bush Administration’s handling of enemy detainees after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Week 3:Representative Government This session will explore the reasons that the framers felt it necessary to limit popular influence, will describe how and why the original system changed, and will look at contemporary barriers—gerrymandering, voter registration, and voter ID laws—that inhibit voting.
Week 4: Federalism The session will explain the division of power between the federal and state governments and also explain how broadly worded constitutional clauses, partisan differences, and changing national needs have combined to make federalism a source of political conflict and change. Among the cases explored in this session is the constitutional dispute provoked by the 2010 healthcare reform act.
Week 5:Civil Liberties This session will examine these developments and explain the individual rights held by today’s Americans. Major Supreme Court rulings—such as those relating to free speech and protection from unreasonable search and seizure—will be discussed as a means of clarifying Americans’ civil liberties.
Making Government Work in Hard Places
In this module you will first have the chance to hear different reform leaders discuss some of the challenges they have encountered in leading institutional change. We will introduce you to some of the concepts and reference points that we will use throughout, and give you some tips on how to read the case studies that are so central to this course.
U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy
Overview
How do the three branches of government operate? How is power shared among Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court? What role is played by federal agencies that have no direct constitutional authority oftheir own?
In this part of our series on American Government, we will examine the separation of powers among the three branches of government, and the role of voters, political parties, and the broader federal bureaucracy. We’ll explore how “the people” affect the behavior of members of Congress, what constitutes success in a president’s domestic and foreign policies, and how much power an unelected judiciary should have in a democratic system.
Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media
earn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.
About this course
Skip About this coursePublic opinion has a powerful yet inexact influence on elected officials. Politicians risk their careers if they ignore it, yet its power is not easy to capture nor quantify. This course will look at how political parties, campaigns, social movements, special interests, and the news media all play a role in influencing public opinion.
We’ll examine the attributes of public opinion, how polling attempts to measure those attributes, and how they impact the decisions of policymakers. We’ll address the unique features of the two-party system in the U.S., how those parties realign themselves in response to shifting norms, and how their candidates are vetted behind the scenes before the start of a campaign.
Outside of the formal organization of party politics, groups representing various interests aim to affect a change through the political system. Special interest groups resemble political parties, but while parties try to influence elections, groups concentrate on gaining influence over policies. Meanwhile, social movements take place outside these established institutions, often in the form of protest demonstrations and rallies. All of these interests are filtered through the news media, which plays a critical role in shaping people’s images of politics.
This course will help you to understand how these forces shape American politics, from “invisible primaries” to election day and beyond.
American Government: Constitutional Foundations
Overview
“We the People” are the opening words of the U.S. Constitution, yet the original document did not give citizens much say in the election of their officials. Though some of those issues have been addressed, substantial barriers—gerrymandering, voter registration, and voter ID laws—still restrain the power of the vote. Why? How can a country, founded more than 200 years ago on the ideals of liberty, equality, and individualism, still struggle to empower all of its citizens equally?
This course explores the origins of U.S. political culture, how that culture informed the Constitution, and how that framework continues to influence the country’s politics and policies. We will examine the Constitution’s provisions for limited government, the division of power between the federal and state governments, and the forces that have made federalism a source of political conflict and change.
We will address how the Constitution not only established the structure of the U.S. government but guarantees personal freedoms and civil rights. These rights have been challenged and expanded in significant Supreme Court cases, which will help to illustrate how historically disadvantaged groups have struggled to realize the 14th Amendment's promise of equality.
U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
Overview
Public policy puts laws into action. The executive branch directs the combined activities of the federal government to address a multitude of problems, from the environment to the economy. The policies of the United States affect social issues, economic growth, taxes, regulation, and foreign affairs. This course will take a broad view of public policy in America but will use specific examples, such as the 2008 economic downturn and climate change, to illustrate the wide-ranging effects of those policies.
Syllabus
Week 1: Social Policy This session will concentrate on the intersection of religion and politics, historically and currently. We will explain how issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage have played out in ways that have aligned religious conservatives with the Republican Party and religious liberals and seculars with the Democratic Party.
Week 2: Fiscal & Monetary Policy This session examines fiscal policy and monetary policy—what they are, what tools they involve, and what political divisions they create. The nature of these policies will be illustrated through several cases, including the policies enacted in response to the economic downturn that began in 2008.
Week 3: Welfare & Income Policy This session will describe and explain these developments, relating them to both the nature of the U.S. economy and the nature of U.S. policy. The structure and politics of the U.S. welfare system and the U.S. tax system will be points of emphasis.
Week 4: Regulatory Policy While emphasizing policy, the session will also address partisan divisions over regulatory policy, and the basis for those divisions. Several cases, most notably the politics and policies of climate change, will be used to illustrate key points.
Week 5: Foreign Policy This session will trace the evolution of America’s position as a trading nation during the post-World War II era, concentrating first on the factors that made America in the immediate post-war period the world’s unquestioned economic power and then on the factors that weakened that position. The session will conclude with an examination of the politics and policies of trade agreements, including adoption in 1993 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the rejection in 2017 of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Week 6: Dynamics of American Politics This session will serve as an overview of the course, concentrating on major tendencies within the American system, such as its fragmented power structure. The importance of these tendencies will be explained by showing how thoroughly each of them affects American politics. The purpose of this session is to reinforce and clarify the “lessons learned” during the course.
Taught by
Thomas E. Patterson
Sustainable community development: from what's wrong to what's strong | Cormac Russell | TEDxExeter
TEDx via YouTube Direct link
How can we help people to live a good life? Instead of trying to right what's wrong within a community Cormac argues we need to start with what's strong. We need to help people discover what gifts they have and to use those gifts to enrich those around them.
Introduction: Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics
In which Craig Benzine introduces a brand-new Crash Course about U.S. Government and Politics! This course will provide you with an overview of how the government of the United States is supposed to function, and we'll get into how it actually does function. The two aren't always the same thing. We'll be learning about the branches of government, politics, elections, political parties, pizza parties, and much, much more!
What are government & politics and why do we study them? How to participate in the U.S. political process Crash Course Government & Politics will cover...
The University of Michigan: Fake News, Facts, and Alternative Facts.
LSE: Sustainability Communication Strategies
Develop practical tools and approaches to help navigate the complexities, challenges, and opportunities involved in communicating about sustainability.
About this Course
Duration : 3 weeks
As we face growing environmental and social challenges, companies around the world are seeking better and more sustainable ways of operating. But to drive meaningful change, they also need to rethink the way they communicate about their sustainability mission to employees, stakeholders, consumers, and the public. Today, professionals are tasked with developing open and honest communication strategies that reflect their organisation's efforts and speak to their audiences' attitudes, values, and beliefs about sustainability, while still delivering on business objectives.
The Sustainability Communication Strategies three-week online course from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will provide you with the tools to navigate the complexities and opportunities involved in impactful sustainability communication. Exploring both theory and practice, you’ll engage with current research, expert insights, and real-world case studies. You’ll learn how to develop an effective sustainability communications strategy that engages your audience as a conversation partner, balances ethics, organizational reputation, and stakeholder interests, and links communication with action.
This course is for professionals and mid-level managers who work in communications-related roles, seeking practical tools and techniques for developing internal and external messaging about sustainability initiatives and challenges. This includes those who are responsible for shareholder and stakeholder relations, community engagement, or public relations, as well as marketing communication professionals such as social media and brand managers. It would also benefit any manager who is in a public-facing function and needs to respond to consumer queries and concerns.
The University of Michigan: Community Engagement: Collaborating for Change
Learn principles and strategies for engaging with U.S.-based and global communities through partnerships, research, service, and learning.
About this course
Skip About this courseNow more than ever, people are seeking ways to affect change in their communities — both locally and around the world. This course is for anyone — from novices to experienced practitioners — who wants to work more effectively with community members and organizations, including through, but not limited to:
- community-academic partnerships
- social change projects
- community service and learning
- education and work abroad
- traditional and community-based participatory research
- non-profit internships
- public scholarship
- civic performance
Prepare in advance or take this course simultaneously to get the most out of your experience by engaging with communities ethically, respectfully, and sustainably.
Developed by a highly interdisciplinary team of U-M content experts and faculty, this course is designed to be both engaging and challenging, offering an accessible entry into foundational topics as well as a jumping off point to pursue work and further learning in effective community engagement. It is also a toolkit and a roadmap that offers concrete takeaways and resources for working effectively with communities.
Throughout the course, you’ll learn from experienced U-M students, faculty, and staff and local community partners, and you’ll have many opportunities to try out and apply the principles and concepts you’re learning.
Harvard University:
U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies.
About this course
Skip About this coursePublic policy puts laws into action. The executive branch directs the combined activities of the federal government to address a multitude of problems, from the environment to the economy. The policies of the United States affect social issues, economic growth, taxes, regulation, and foreign affairs. This course will take a broad view of public policy in America but will use specific examples, such as the 2008 economic downturn and climate change, to illustrate the wide-ranging effects of those policies.
We’ll address the intersection of religion and politics, and how issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage have played out in the political arena. We’ll discuss fiscal, monetary, welfare and income policy—what they are, what tools they involve, and what political divisions they create. We’ll examine partisan divisions over regulatory policy, and the basis for those divisions. Finally, we’ll trace the evolution of America’s position as a trading nation by examining trade agreements like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
This course will also serve as an overview of American government, concentrating on overarching tendencies such as its fragmented power structure. The importance of these tendencies will be explained by showing how thoroughly each of them affects American politics.
Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media
Overview
Public opinion has a powerful yet inexact influence on elected officials. Politicians risk their careers if they ignore it, yet its power is not easy to capture nor quantify. This course will look at how political parties, campaigns, social movements, special interests, and the news media all play a role in influencing public opinion.
We’ll examine the attributes of public opinion, how polling attempts to measure those attributes, and how they impact the decisions of policymakers. We’ll address the unique features of the two-party system in the U.S., how those parties realign themselves in response to shifting norms, and how their candidates are vetted behind the scenes before the start of a campaign.
Outside of the formal organization of party politics, groups representing various interests aim to affect a change through the political system. Special interest groups resemble political parties, but while parties try to influence elections, groups concentrate on gaining influence over policies. Meanwhile, social movements take place outside these established institutions, often in the form of protest demonstrations and rallies. All of these interests are filtered through the news media, which plays a critical role in shaping people’s images of politics.
This course will help you to understand how these forces shape American politics, from “invisible primaries” to election day and beyond.
Wisconsin Conservation Voters, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and
Visit vote.gov to begin the voter registration process.
Select your state or territory. Depending on its rules, you will find instructions on how to register online, by mail, or in person at your local election office.
Other ways to register to vote
- Download the National Mail Voter Registration Form. You can fill it out onscreen and print the completed form, or print the blank form and fill it out by hand. Remember to sign the form before mailing it to the location listed for your state.
- Check with local government offices to see if you can register in person.
- Find your department of motor vehicles office.
- Locate a nearby armed forces recruitment center.
- Contact state and county public assistance offices such as SNAP/food stamps.
What to Know About the US Elections Heading Into 2024
With the 2024 presidential election campaign season quickly approaching, many observers are already anticipating what may come. Since the last presidential election in 2020, Georgia and Texas made controversial changes to their election laws, which could impact voter turnout in those states. And Democrats and Republicans alike have used complaints about voter suppression or the accuracy of the vote count as a wedge to motivate their voters to the polls — resulting in a rising distrust of elections.
At the third annual collaboration between the Baker Institute Presidential Elections Program and The Carter Center, experts on both sides of the aisle explored these issues and more with a focus on what the 2024 presidential election could bring. In addition, the event featured a lunchtime discussion titled "A Legacy of President Jimmy Carter: Free and Fair Elections Around the World."
4 hours seminar on the run up to the 2024 elections
Session I — Effects of Election Law Changes on Voter Turnout in Georgia and Texas
Session II — The Poisonous Politics of Election Denial
This class is a 4 hour mix of policy advocates and journalist.US Voting Access and Fraud
Davidson College via edXOverview
As the US general election approaches, there is a firestorm of rhetoric around access and fraud. Major legislation changes, court rulings and political views continue to flood the media leading up to this election. But what is true in all of this? And what should you believe going into the election?
In this 2-week course, you’ll better understand the history of voting rights in the US, what is meant by the terms “access” and “fraud” – and why these have become so politicized.
Hear from political scientists who study these matters, journalists who have reported on it for decades and election officials who describe what its like to be in charge of carrying out free and fair elections in their jurisdiction.
Join a vibrant community of fellow voters who are interested in exploring these questions together. Share your experience and see how it compares to others around the country.
Courses offered via edX.org are not eligible for academic credit from Davidson College. A passing score in a DavidsonX course(s) will only be eligible for a verified certificate generated by edX.org.
Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media
Overview
Public opinion has a powerful yet inexact influence on elected officials. Politicians risk their careers if they ignore it, yet its power is not easy to capture nor quantify. This course will look at how political parties, campaigns, social movements, special interests, and the news media all play a role in influencing public opinion.
We’ll examine the attributes of public opinion, how polling attempts to measure those attributes, and how they impact the decisions of policymakers. We’ll address the unique features of the two-party system in the U.S., how those parties realign themselves in response to shifting norms, and how their candidates are vetted behind the scenes before the start of a campaign.
Outside of the formal organization of party politics, groups representing various interests aim to affect a change through the political system. Special interest groups resemble political parties, but while parties try to influence elections, groups concentrate on gaining influence over policies. Meanwhile, social movements take place outside these established institutions, often in the form of protest demonstrations and rallies. All of these interests are filtered through the news media, which plays a critical role in shaping people’s images of politics.
This course will help you to understand how these forces shape American politics, from “invisible primaries” to election day and beyond.
Agile Leadership Principles and Practices
University System of Maryland and University of Maryland, College Park via edX
Overview
Agile can often challenge project managers in the realm of leadership. Old styles of command-control are now a thing of the past, except for the most conservative organizations. While good leaders employ a variety of leadership skills and leadership styles to motivate team members, even this is not enough. Simply setting a common goal and maintaining positive attitudes while raising your emotional intelligence will make you a better leader; but will it truly unlock your team's potential?
Instead of leadership traits, Agile leadership emphasizes facilitation and communication skills. This is teachable and much more powerful. This unique and effective leadership style challenges traditional beliefs in what leadership means.
Great leaders understand that the leader can no longer stand in the way of their team. Modern society, mindsets, and global competition demand new leadership roles, and leadership qualities all together that empower and motivate the team to new levels of productivity. Business leaders that miss this critical shift in leadership styles concede a powerful competitive advantage to the Agile leader.
In this course, you will learn how this new style of leadership redefines and redistributes team roles by:
Motivating through empowerment to gain better decisions
Facilitating the creativity and inclusivity of a high-functioning team
Identifying and managing decision making biases
Negotiating conflicts across individuals, teams, and organizations
Ensuring success through delegation and powerful constraint-based metrics.
You’ll learn to turn one internally motivated and critically thinking mind into many; and driving speed and innovation through leveraging all talents on the team.
While this course will not make you an agile certified practitioner (PMI-ACP), or certified scrum master (CSM), it offers a more fundamental agile certification based on agile principles and how agile leadership is applied in industry today. You'll finish this course more than ready to continue your agile journey, which we hope takes you to the next course in the series on Agile Process, Project, and Program Controls.
Upon successful completion of this course, learners can earn 10 Professional Development Unit (PDU) credits, which are recognized by the Project Management Institute (PMI). PDU credits are essential to those looking to maintain certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP).
Harvard University: Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles
Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change
Syllabus
Skip Syllabus- Introduction: Get on the Balcony
- 1 Identify the Work to Be Done
- 2 Lead With, Beyond, and Without Authority
- 3.1 Take Action: Think Politically
- 3.2 Take Action: Build Trust
- 3.3 Take Action: Orchestrate Conflict
- 4 Anchor Yourself
- Conclusion: Staying Alive
Improve your leadership communication style.
What you will learn
- How to build and renew trusting relationships by following principles of leadership development and effective communication techniques.
- How to implement personal strategies for leadership development to survive and thrive amidst change.
- How effective communication can lead to communal and societal good.
- How to understand the role of formal and informal authority and maintain effective interpersonal communication skills in both.
- When and how to employ a variety of communication styles in writing and speaking.
- How to craft compelling presentations and persuade an audience.
Boston University: Ethical Leadership: Character, Civility, and Community.
Explore theoretical and practical elements of ethical leadership with emphasis on leaders’ personal narratives within social and historical contexts.
What you'll learn
Skip What you'll learn- Ethical leadership principles and practices utilizing the Ethical Leadership Model™.
- Narrative and dramaturgical methods in the development of character, civility and community as ethical leadership practices.
- A conceptual model for negotiating ethical decision-making at the intersection of life-worlds and system worlds.
- Various theories and methods of ethical analysis in leadership practices.
- Personal core values that present themselves in “defining moments that ask leaders to choose between competing values and ideals in which we intensely believe."
- An Ethical Toolkit for Leaders that can be applied in each student’s leadership context as a life-long practice.
Harvard University: Leadership: Creating Public Value
In Leadership: Creating Public Value, learn how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.
About this course
Skip About this courseAre you ready to take up the challenge of public leadership?
The world in which each of us–and all of us–now live is full of pressing problems and future risks. But it is also full of hope, aspiration, and opportunity. In Leadership: Creating Public Value, you will learn how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.
Within the course, you will use an integrated analytic framework to help you understand concrete problems or opportunities for collective action. This framework focuses on the three key elements of producing a publicly valued result: understanding the specific conditions you hope to improve; designing and developing the necessary operational capacities; and securing the public support and financial resources required to launch and sustain your effort at the desired scope and scale.
Through case studies, you will see real public leaders seeking to challenge the status quo. You will be asked to reflect on their thought and action using the analytical frameworks and concepts developed and applied throughout the course. By the end of the course, you will understand how to create long-term public value by envisioning and enacting a better, more just, future for us all.
Boston College
Ethical Leadership: Character, Civility, and Community
This course will provide learners with theoretical and practical approaches for the cultivation of character, civility and
community as a critical framework for the development of ethical leadership. The scope of the course includes
existing and emerging leaders in education, science, technology, business, nonprofit, the arts, religion, and other
professions.
The learners will examine the personal, public and spiritual dimensions of leadership within the context that Fluker
calls the intersection of lifeworlds and systems and outlines principles and practices of ethical leadership from a
diverse field of leadership theories. Fluker’s work grounds leadership in story, the appropriation of one’s personal
narrative within social and historical contexts, as a basis for individual and social transformation. We will also use the
ethical leadership lens to discuss personal development for lifelong learning, public engagement, spirituality and
vocation, justice as fairness, community building, and more.
Advancing the Scholarship and Practice of Leadership Education
JOLE engages scholars and practitioners who advance leadership education and development. Scholar-practitioners represent various fields to include Education, Training and Development, and Corporate Education. To provide an evidence-based environment for discussion and promotion of new and best practices, all JOLE manuscripts are grounded in Leadership Theory. The journal serves as a forum to share teaching and learning advancements, research innovations, and applications.
JOLE provides opportunities for evolving discourse, and engagement about the discipline of leadership education. The journal serves as a forum to share teaching and learning advancements, and research innovation & application.
Dozens of Abstracts on Leadership and communications.
40 minute TEDx talk
Liz Holland, Elizabeth I. Holland is the Chief Executive Officer of Abbell Associates based in
Chicago, a seventy-year old private real estate investment, development and
Management Company with an approximately 3.5 million/sf portfolio, comprised of
shopping center, office, and enclosed mall properties. Ms. Holland is active in
the International Council of Shopping Centers, serving as the Vice Chairman
(2015-2016) and a member of the Executive Board and Board of Trustees.
The Power of Citizen Leadership is a 26 minute-long documentary awarded at Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards in October 2016 (Best short foreign) developed by filmmaker Flore Dussey in July 2016 in the state of Montana in the United States with the support of Hopa Mountain.