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Tags: Civil SocietyDisplaying 1-7 of 7 results. Advanced Fluid Dynamics of the Environment, Fall 2002
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
Abstract: Theoretical topics of fluid dynamics relevant to natural phenomena or man-made hazards in water and atmosphere. Basic law of fluid motion. Scaling and approximations. Slow flows, with applications to drag on a particle and mud flow on a slope. Boundary layers: jets and plumes in pure fluids or in porous ... More » American Urban History I, Spring 2005
Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
Abstract: Seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in urban America from roughly 1890 to the present. Among the institutions considered are political machines, police departments, schools, courts, hospitals, prisons, welfare departments, and universities. Focuses on readings and discussions. Democratization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Fall 2001
Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
Abstract: Recent years have seen an astonishing spread of democracy to many Asian, African, and Latin American countries. Subject explores the causes of these dramatic political transitions; the challenges democratizing countries in the developing world face; and the question of whether these new democracies will ... More » Forms of Political Participation: Old and New, Spring 2005
Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
Abstract: How and why do we participate in public life? How do we get drawn into community and political affairs? In this course we examine the associations and networks that connect us to one another and structure our social and political interactions. Readings are drawn from a growing body of research suggesting ... More » Introduction to Media Studies, Fall 2003
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
Abstract: Offers an overview of the social, cultural, political, and economic impact of mediated communication on modern culture. Combines critical discussions with hands-on "experiments" working with different media. Media covered include radio, television, film, the printed word, and digital technologies. Topics ... More » Poverty, Public Policy and Controversy, Fall 2003
Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
Abstract: Much social controversy in the 1990s has been concerned with how society should respond to poverty, and the related issues of welfare, out of wedlock births, homelessness, crime, and drugs. This course investigates how particular societal responses are a function of the values, political and policy issues, ... More » Theory of City Form, Spring 2004
Subject: Arts, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
Abstract: Theories about cities and the form that settlements should take will be discussed. Attempts will be made at a distinction between descriptive and normative theory, by examining examples of various theories of city form over time. The class will concentrate on the origins of the modern city and theories ... More » |
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