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4.2 Social and political justice
Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Violence – A Barrier to Women’s Equality
Violence against women is a global problem. Moreover, it is only a symptom of a much broader issue; that being gender inequality. Unfortunately, despite the known prevalence and serious detrimental effects of violence against women, “experience has shown that social...Sun, 13 May 2012
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Figure/Ground interview with Mark Bevir
Dr. Bevir was interviewed by Admir Skodo* on September 4th, 2009 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviews/Mark Bevir is a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he currently teaches courses on...Tue, 03 Apr 2012
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Figure/Ground interview with Ian Angus
Dr. Angus was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on August 25th, 2010 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviews/Ian Angus is currently Professor of Humanities at Simon Fraser University. He emigrated from England to Canada in 1958 and...Mon, 02 Apr 2012
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Figure/Ground interview with Darin Barney
Dr. Barney was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on April 12th, 2011 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviews/Darin Barney is the Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship and an Associate Professor in the Department of Art...Thu, 29 Mar 2012
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Figure/Ground interview with Noam Chomsky
Professor Chomsky was interviewed by Laureano Ralon and Axel Eljatib on December 17th, 2010 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviewsNoam Chomsky is an internationally renowned scholar, author, and activist. He has taught at the Massachusetts Institute...Thu, 29 Mar 2012
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The Black Report and Inequalities in Health
This RLO examines the findings and implications of the Black Repor. This was a 1980 document published by the the Department of Health and Social Security in the United Kingdom, which was the report of the expert committee into health...Sat, 10 Mar 2012
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Challenges of peace talks and mediation - Does it address the question of justice?'
Betty Bigombe, Ugandan MP, State Minister for Water Resources, and Ugandan Peace Negotiator gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series on 7th February. Part of the Oak series on Amnesty...Fri, 24 Feb 2012
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International Political Economy
This course explores the field of international political economy, teaching students the ways in which economics and politics influence each other when it comes to creating policy. Economic policy can be an important instrument of statecraft and diplomacy between...Wed, 01 Feb 2012
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This course will examine European politics, specifically analyzing Europe's process of integration into a supranational entity: the European Union. The course will examine the sovereign state system that emerged from the Wars of Religion, the intricacies of the European...Wed, 01 Feb 2012
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This survey course can be used by students who are looking to take just one general overview course or by those who want to go on to more advanced study in any of the subfields that comprise the political science...Sat, 28 Jan 2012
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Introduction to American Politics
This course serves as an introduction to American government and politics, covering theoretical underpinnings, interactions between public and government (elections, public opinion, public policy, etc.), the structure of government, and so forth. This course also serves as good preparation for...Fri, 27 Jan 2012
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Capitalism and Democracy in America
This course traces the twin paths of capitalism and democracy through American history. This course is premised on the idea that capitalism and democracy are intertwined, though they have often conflicted with one another. It provides students with...Fri, 27 Jan 2012
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In this course, the student will learn about the complexities of the legislative branch by examining the U.S. Congress in the American political system. This course will focus first on the history of Congress and the tension between Congress'...Fri, 27 Jan 2012
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Introduction to Comparative Politics
Comparative politics is the systematic study and comparison of the world's political systems. The course begins by discussing the factors and categories of analysis that political scientists and important international institutions like the World Bank, NATO, and the United Nations...Fri, 27 Jan 2012
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New Working Paper: Forging the World
Alister Miskimmon (RHUL), Ben O'Loughlin (RHUL) and Laura Roselle (Elon/Duke) have published a new working paper on strategic narratives. This working paper presents a new research agenda for a major problem in both the praxis and study of international relations: how states...Tue, 17 Jan 2012
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Sierra Leone – Barefoot Soldiers for Social Justice, Food Security and Peace
As Sierra Leone continues its post-war reconstruction, LSE’s Simone Datzberger looks at the role of the Organisation for Peace, Reconciliation and Development-Sierra Leone (OPARD-SL) in bringing peace to the West African country. It took me two attempts to reach Yoni...Wed, 11 Jan 2012
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The institution of the German federal presidency is once again under scrutiny. Only twenty months since the last German president, Horst Köhler, resigned due to comments about Germany’s military involvement overseas, Christian Wulff has become embroiled in a scandal involving...Tue, 10 Jan 2012
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This unit, which contains material from the current Open University second level Politics course DD203 Power, Equality and Dissent, is pitched at the intermediate level. It should take you about 8 hours to study if you attempt the recommended...Mon, 09 Jan 2012
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Mon, 09 Jan 2012
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WPR: Beyond Westminster 07 Jan 2012
Anita Anand asks how men and women differ in their approach to politics and asks how parties could woo the men's vote....Sat, 07 Jan 2012
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This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or dowloaded as a zip file As taught in Autumn Semester 2009/10 The War on Iraq and the US and British invasion of the country in 2003 has led to...Sat, 07 Jan 2012
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Opinion Formation and Democratic Legitimacy
Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University) delivers this lecture on government, opinion formation, the media and direct democracy as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by Creative media and direct democracy....Wed, 06 Jul 2011
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Globalisation, Inequality, and the State
Thomas Pogge (Yale University) presents this lecture as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by on May 24th, 2011....Wed, 06 Jul 2011
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A Flood of Cheap Chinese Goods by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1964156 Late in the Old Year, I listened to a radio interview. The question was: "What has the world gained from China's emergence into global trade?" The response was something like this: A few countries have...Tue, 03 Jan 2012
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WPR: Beyond Westminster 31 Dec 2011
Anne McElvoy looks at political diaries and memoirs from recent years and asks how they have shaped our views of government and politics....Sat, 31 Dec 2011
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International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge
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No Limits for Justice? Universal Jurisdiction and the Case of Former Chadian President Hissene Habré
Patrick Wegner looks at the dilemma facing Jacqueline Moudeina as she seeks the prosecution of former Chadian leader Hissene Habré for human rights crimes during his eight year-rule in the West African state. This post originally appeared in the Justice in...Tue, 20 Dec 2011
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Help Me, Daddy by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693 The death of Kim Jong-il, who ruled North Korea from 1994, reminded me of something a Korean friend told me a few years ago. My friend is an expert on North Korea and told me this...Mon, 19 Dec 2011
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Sachs argues that for the U.S. to regain sound fiscal health the country must also reform its politics. The lecture is immediately followed by a panel discussion with: Professor Valpy FitzGerald, Department of International Development...Fri, 16 Dec 2011
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"Because the country says they have to change"
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Opinion Formation and Democratic Legitimacy
Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University) delivers this lecture on government, opinion formation, the media and direct democracy as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by Creative media and direct democracy....Wed, 14 Dec 2011
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21A.260 Culture, Embodiment and the Senses
Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses will provide an historical and cross-cultural analysis of the politics of sensory experience. The subject will address western philosophical debates about mind, brain, emotion, and the body and the historical value placed upon sight, reason,...Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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The organization, 360 degrees, has been collecting the stories of inmates, correctional officers, lawyers, judges, parole officers, parents, victims, and others whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system. Each story is focused around a specific case and...Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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EMMA GOLDMAN (1869-1940) stands as a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. An influential and well-known anarchist of her day, Goldman was an early advocate of free speech, birth control, women's equality and independence, and union...Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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Statistical Block Designs with Replications
It is a JavaScript that test a claim on equality of means in the two-way ANOVA test for block designs with replications....Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition.
This is an online electronic edition of the the first Masonic book printed in America, which was produced in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin in 1734, and was a reprint of a work by James Anderson (who is identified as the...Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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Living in an era of global terror
In this podcast, Professor Richard Aldrich from the School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the impact of globalisation, the opportunities this affords to global terrorists and the challenges faced by the intelligence services. Globalisation has led to a free...Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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Justice Learning is an innovative, issue-based approach for engaging high school students in informed political discourse. The web site uses audio from the Justice Talking radio show and articles from The New York Times to teach students about reasoned debate...Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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This module will explore the concepts of ‘race’, racism, ethnicity (religion and language), identity and nationalism in an historical and comparative manner. It will be concentrating on issues of power and domination, for example it will consider the legacy that...Mon, 24 Oct 2011
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Distributive Justice Interactive Web Site
Distributive justice is not only a central issue of moral and political philosophy, but also an object of common-sense moral reasoning. Everyone is sensitive to the question of his/her share of the common good. Even those who get the best...Mon, 24 Oct 2011
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In the last decade the demand for human rights has become a revolutionary force in the world. In this essay, scholar Jack Donnelly traces the development of human rights from their origins as a political theory in 17th-century Europe to...Mon, 24 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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6.4 Setting models in motion – the power of simulation
How does the computer's peculiar binary world of digital entities differ from our analogue world of colour, sound, taste and touch? This unit explores the way in which information, in the form of text, still and moving images, and sound...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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6.1 Legislative powers of the Scottish Parliament
Many aspects of the law in Scotland are different from those of England and Wales. Centuries of development and growth have been influenced by factors unique to Scotland, resulting in a legal system that is distinct from those of its...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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2.2 What are the common features of Carnivora?
The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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3.2 Other specialisations found in hunters
The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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2.3: Pie charts: Nuclear power stations
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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2.4: Bar charts: nuclear power stations
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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2.8: Problems with graphics: nuclear power stations
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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1.8 ‘Difference’, power and discrimination
Interpersonal communication in health and social care services is by its nature diverse. As a consequence, achieving good or effective communication – whether between service providers and service users, or among those working in a service – means taking account...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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Interpersonal communication in health and social care services is by its nature diverse. As a consequence, achieving good or effective communication – whether between service providers and service users, or among those working in a service – means taking account...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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3.6 Gender and power in the workplace
Interpersonal communication in health and social care services is by its nature diverse. As a consequence, achieving good or effective communication – whether between service providers and service users, or among those working in a service – means taking account...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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3.7 Gender and power in helping relationships
Interpersonal communication in health and social care services is by its nature diverse. As a consequence, achieving good or effective communication – whether between service providers and service users, or among those working in a service – means taking account...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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4.4 The politics of disability
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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7.2 The representation of depth
In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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5.6 Question 5: In what way is dark and light colour used?
In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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5.5 Question 4: Are the colours largely bright or dull?
In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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5.4 Question 3: Are there more warm colours than cool colours or vice versa?
In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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5.3 Question 2: Have contrasting colours been placed next to each other?
In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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5.2 Question 1: Has a wide or narrow palette of colours been used?
In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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4.2 The form of art: looking at techniques
In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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2 The Turner Prize: an annual farce or a celebration of creativity?
In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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2 Harnessing tidal energy The principle of tidal power generation is very similar to that employed in conventional hydropower schemes, except the working head of water is no greater than about 10 to 15 m. The critical term in Equation 5.6...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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In this unit you’ll explore art history. Look around you, it’s likely that wherever you are you’ll be able to see some images, it’s also likely that many of these image will be intended to have some sort of effect...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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This module will explore the concepts of ‘race’, racism, ethnicity (religion and language), identity and nationalism in an historical and comparative manner. It will be concentrating on issues of power and domination, for example it will consider the legacy that...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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1.2.3 Pie charts: Nuclear power stations
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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1.2.8 Problems with graphics: nuclear power stations
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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1.2.4 Bar charts: nuclear power stations
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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6.4 Setting models in motion – the power of simulation
How does the computer's peculiar binary world of digital entities differ from our analogue world of colour, sound, taste and touch? This unit explores the way in which information, in the form of text, still and moving images, and sound...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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5.4 The politics of disability
Interpersonal communication in health and social care services is by its nature diverse. As a consequence, achieving good or effective communication – whether between service providers and service users, or among those working in a service – means taking account...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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4.7 Gender and power in helping relationships
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4.6 Gender and power in the workplace
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2.8 ‘Difference’, power and discrimination
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2 Social work skills: empowerment and advocacy
Although society's attitude toward mental illness has improved, discrimination and misconceptions surrounding those affected are still prevalent. This unit explores a number of issues relating to mental health practice, including the difference between mental health and mental illness, and the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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Wind energy was the fastest growing power source at the starts of the 21st century, yet wind-driven mills and pumps, and nautical sails for transport, were, along with waterwheels, the first mechanical devices to power industrial production. The advantages of...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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2.2 What are the common features of Carnivora?
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this unit we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth unit in the...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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2.6 The portrayal of traditional symbols of power
Childcare, education, working conditions, healthcare, crime … these issues are hotly debated in today's society. They are also issues that Robert Owen, seen by some as a visionary and by others as a knave and a charlatan, sought to address...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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6.1 Legislative powers of the Scottish Parliament
Many aspects of the law in Scotland are different from those of England and Wales. Centuries of development and growth have been influenced by factors unique to Scotland, resulting in a legal system that is distinct from those of its...Wed, 28 Sep 2011
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American Government and Politics in the Information Age
American Government and Politics in the Information Age by Paletz, Owen, and Cook, is a comprehensive introduction to the vital subject of American government and politics. It is a comprehensive introduction to American politics and government; it covers all...Sat, 24 Sep 2011
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Politics, media and war: 9/11 and its aftermaths
The terrorist attacks of 9/11 not only cost some 3,000 lives; they also deeply scarred the American consciousness and made a deep impact on US foreign policy and the world at large. This unit assesses the wider consequences of 9/11...Wed, 07 Sep 2011
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17.554 Political Economy of Latin America
This class explores the politics of economic reform in Latin America. Topics addressed include: Dependency, Development, and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism; The Political Consequences of Market-Oriented Reform in Venezuela; The Mexican Peso Crisis; Transitions from Authoritarian Rule in the Southern Cone; Civil-Military Relations;...Tue, 06 Sep 2011
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About America: How the United States is Governed
The American system of government, begun as an experiment in liberty and democracy in 1776, has proven to be remarkably resilient and adaptable. While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional...Tue, 06 Sep 2011
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17.960 Foundations of Political Science
This course continues from the fall semester. The course introduces students to the fundamental theories and methods of modern political science through the study of a small number of major books and articles that have been influential in the field....Tue, 06 Sep 2011
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Politics in 60 seconds. Property
Professor Christopher Pierson defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on property as a political concept. Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes. May 2010 Suitable...Tue, 06 Sep 2011
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11.489 The Growth and Spatial Structure of Cities
This course examines the economic, political, social, and spatial dynamics of urban growth and decline in cities and their key component areas (downtown, suburbs, etc.). Topics include impacts of industrialization, technology, politics, and social practices on cities. Students will examine...Tue, 06 Sep 2011
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17.486 Japan and East Asian Security
This subject is designed for graduate students interested in international politics, national security and comparative political economy in East Asia. It examines the political, military, and economic challenges facing Japan, its neighbors, and the international system under conditions of great...Tue, 06 Sep 2011
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This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file. As taught in Autumn Semester 2009. This module introduces global politics through the major theoretical, historical and empirical ways of seeing international relations. Different...Tue, 06 Sep 2011
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17.407 / 17.408 Chinese Foreign Policy: International Relations and Strategy
China's rise as a great power raises important questions about how that power might be used in its relations with other states. Nowhere are such questions more salient than in the future trajectory of China's conflict behavior, including its approach...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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17.40 American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future
The mission for this course is to explain and evaluate past and present United States policies. What caused the United States' past involvement in foreign wars and interventions? Were the results of U.S. policies good or bad? Would other policies...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Internet guide for China Studies maintained at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Resources for arts, literature, history, politics, philosophy, religion, etc....Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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17.50 Introduction to Comparative Politics
This class first offers some basic analytical frameworks - culture, social structure, and institutions - that you can use to examine a wide range of political outcomes. We then use these frameworks to understand (1) the relationship between democracy and...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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The Brecht Yearbook is the annual publication of the International Brecht Society (IBS), devoted to scholarly research on Bertolt Brecht's writings and to broader issues about the relationship between politics and culture. The first three volumes (1971-1973) were published in...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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17.508 The Rise and Fall of Democracy/ Regime Change
Coups, civil wars, revolutions, and peaceful transitions are the "real stuff" of political science. They show us why politics matters, and they highlight the consequences of political choices in times of institutional crisis. This course will help you understand why...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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King Lear to In the loop : fiction and British politics
On 11 December 2009, Nottingham University's Centre for British Politics held a conference at the British Academy that drew together politicians, writers and academics to explore the interaction of British politics and fiction. In addition to the conference several video...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Politics in 60 seconds. Social democracy
Professor Steven Fielding defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on social democracy as a political concept. Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes. May 2010...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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21L.703 Studies in Drama: Stoppard and Churchill
What is the interplay between an event and its "frames״? What is special and distinctive about stage events? How and why do contemporary dramatists turn back in time for their settings, models, and materials? How do they play with this...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Cross Currents: A Yearbook of Central European Culture
Full text, searchable, online version of this publication covering Central European civilization, history, literature, and politics, originally published from 1982 to 1993: numbers 1-9 by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, and numbers 10-12...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Introduction to European politics
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file. As taught in Spring Semester 2009 This module seeks to provide students with an understanding of the rationale and key stages of European integration,...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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D315_5 Racial violence: European perspectives
The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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17.148 Political Economy of Globalization
This is a graduate seminar for students who already have some familiarity with issues in political economy and/or European politics. The objective is to examine the ways in which changes in the international economy and the regimes that regulate it...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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21H.466 Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics
At the beginning of the eighteenth century Russia began to come into its own as a major European power. Members of the Russian intellectual classes increasingly compared themselves and their autocratic order to states and societies in the West. This...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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21H.311 The Renaissance, 1300-1600
The "Renaissance" as a phenomenon in European history is best understood as a series of social, political, and cultural responses to an intellectual trend which began in Italy in the fourteenth century. This intellectual tendency, known as humanism, or the...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Critical examination of major developments in European and American art during the past century. Surveys art's engagements with modernization, radical politics, utopianism, mass culture, changing conceptions of mind and human nature, new technologies, colonialism and postcolonialism, and other significant aspects...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Historical Economics: Art or Science?
״Historical economics, drawing on history, politics, cultural anthropology, sociology, and geography, bridges the gap between abstraction and fact engendered by traditional conceptions of economic science. The essays cover a range of historical periods and also include European history and explorations...Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Moral and Political Philosophy: how should we live? What constitutes a just state?...Sun, 04 Sep 2011
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A power point presentation providing a lecture and activities that will look at the orgins of modern ethical thinking. It describes the system of ethical governance in the UK and looks to introduce the main ethical research issues and explore...Sun, 04 Sep 2011
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Moral and Political Philosophy: how should we live? What constitutes a just state?...Sun, 04 Sep 2011
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Guest Lecture: John Chillag - Learning from the Holocaust
As part of the Senator George Mitchell Seminar Series, John Chillag delivered a powerful and moving speech to mark the 64th anniversary of the Nazi occupation of Hungary. The audience first heard the impressions of two students from Abbey Grange School,...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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The aim of this module is to further our understanding of public policy – the nature, causes and effects of public policies; the policy process – how policy is made; and with prescription as to how policy might be improved....Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Guest Lecture: John Chillag - Learning from the Holocaust
As part of the Senator George Mitchell Seminar Series, John Chillag delivered a powerful and moving speech to mark the 64th anniversary of the Nazi occupation of Hungary. The audience first heard the impressions of two students from Abbey Grange...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Rights and justice in international relations
Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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1 International human rights: an introduction
Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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2.1 Background to the idea of international rights
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2.2 The origins of a rights discourse
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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4.1 Distributive and commutative justice
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4.2 Social and political justice
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5.1 Rights, justice and international politics
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5.2 Human rights in the international arena
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5.3 Problems with international rights
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5.4 The influence of the Western perspective
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5.5 Feminist critiques of international rights
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5.6 Against whom are rights claims made?
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5.7 Relating individual rights to state sovereignty
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5.8 Review of criticisms of international rights
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6.2 Some general features of communitarianism and cosmopolitanism
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6.3 International distributive justice
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6.4 International retributive justice
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6.5 Military and humanitarian interventionism
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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The Spanish Tragedy: Thomas Kyd
Popular tragedy in which Hieronimo pursues aristocratic murderers of his son Horatio and takes revenge. It speaks, like Hollywood Westerns, to questions about private revenge versus public justice, and to the vexed religious questions of its age....Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Prof. Rachael Dixey Inaugural Lecture - Health, Social Justice & Access to Learning
The Faculty of Health's Professor Rachael Dixey delivered her inaugural lecture in the iconic Rose Bowl. The lecture 'Health, Social Justice and Access to Learning' considered the relationships globally between health inequalities and education, exploring ideas of education as liberatory and...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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42 PowerPoint slides from Richard Smith of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Ethics, equity and economics covering; theories of "justice"; medical versus economic polarisation; definitions; health, need” and access vs. use; micro versus macro; equity and...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Prof. Rachael Dixey Inaugural Lecture - Health, Social Justice & Access to Learning
The Faculty of Health's Professor Rachael Dixey delivered her inaugural lecture in the iconic Rose Bowl. The lecture 'Health, Social Justice and Access to Learning' considered the relationships globally between health inequalities and education, exploring ideas of education as liberatory...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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This level 6 unit critically evaluates contemporary understandings of gendered crimes. Providing an understanding of the theoretical perspectives, definitions and understandings of the concept of gender and the crimes men and women are involved in, the unit will seek to...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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International E-communication Exchange module
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has an ongoing e-learning programme integrated into its Criminology degree routes. This International E-communication Exchange (IEE) forms part of this and welcomes collaboration from partnered institutions that have similarity in their degree programmes. The core focus is...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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The Spanish Tragedy: Thomas Kyd
Popular tragedy in which Hieronimo pursues aristocratic murderers of his son Horatio and takes revenge. It speaks, like Hollywood Westerns, to questions about private revenge versus public justice, and to the vexed religious questions of its age....Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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6.5 Military and humanitarian interventionism
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6.2 Some general features of communitarianism and cosmopolitanism
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Michigan Journal of Social Work and Social Welfare
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5.1 Rights, justice and international politics
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5.3 Problems with international rights
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2.1.1 Where did the attempt to define notions of rights internationally come from?
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5.7 Relating individual rights to state sovereignty
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5.4 The influence of the Western perspective
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1 International human rights: an introduction
Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of...Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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5.2 Human rights in the international arena
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6.3 International distributive justice
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5.6 Against whom are rights claims made?
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2.2 The origins of a rights discourse
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6.4 International retributive justice
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5.8 Review of criticisms of international rights
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5.5 Feminist critiques of international rights
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4.2 Social and political justice
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4.1 Distributive and commutative justice
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2.1 Background to the idea of international rights
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Stochastic Evolution Equations
The lectures are at a beginning graduate level and assume only basic familiarity with Functional Analysis and Probability Theory. Topics covered include: Random variables in Banach spaces: Gaussian random variables, contraction principles, Kahane-Khintchine inequality, Anderson’s inequality. Stochastic integration in Banach...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Stochastic Evolution Equations
The lectures are at a beginning graduate level and assume only basic familiarity with Functional Analysis and Probability Theory. Topics covered include: Random variables in Banach spaces: Gaussian random variables, contraction principles, Kahane-Khintchine inequality, Anderson’s inequality. Stochastic integration in Banach...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1.2 Decimal representation of rational numbers
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1.5 Arithmetic with real numbers
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1.4 Real numbers and their properties
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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2.3 Inequalities involving modulus signs
This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.2 Inequalities involving integers
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.1 Upper bounds and lower bounds
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4.2 Least upper and greatest lower bounds
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4.3 Least Upper Bound Property
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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5.1 Arithmetic with real numbers
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.2 Moving towards greater equality in older age? Old Labour, pension reform and the continuity of a
Retirement, pensions, care homes – old age may not be as rosy as we think. This unit looks at old age taking us from the Workhouse to the basic state pension. Why are people expected to stop work at a...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.1 Young people's mental health: diversity and inequality
What do we mean by ‘wellbeing’ for young people? How is it shaped by social differences and inequalities, and how can we improve young people's mental and physical health? This unit will examine the range of factors affecting young people’s...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit, which contains material from the current Open University second level Politics course DD203 Power, Equality and Dissent, is pitched at the intermediate level. It should take you about 8 hours to study if you attempt the recommended...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.1 National identities and UK politics
This unit, which contains material from the current Open University second level Politics course DD203 Power, Equality and Dissent, is pitched at the intermediate level. It should take you about 8 hours to study if you attempt the recommended...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality
Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality
Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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The idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families?...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.4 Family meanings matter in family studies
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4.3 Family meanings matter in social policies and professional practices
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4.2 Family meanings matter to people in their individual lives and relationships
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2.4 The slippery language of ‘family’
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2.2 Responding to the problems
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1.4 Structures of power and inequalities
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1.3 Exploring values and assumptions
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1.1 Introducing ‘family meanings’
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017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality
Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Wellbeing and Inequality in Post-Industrial Society
The Annual Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture is delivered by a leading thinker on a subject related to Ralf Dahrendorf's concerns. This inaugural (2010) Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture was delivered by Lord (Adair) Turner....Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Poverty, Inequality and Livelihoods
Outline for an economics module on Poverty, Inequality and Livelihoods as taught by Marina della Giusta of the University of Reading. Available in Word format....Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Measuring inequality: Using the Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient
Part of a series of worksheets covering Mathematical Case Studies for Economists from Nottingham Trent University. They are downloadable in Word format with embedded links. They can be adapted, printed and/or put in a Virtual Learning Environment. A booklet giving...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Poverty, Inequality and the Welfare State
PDF-format lecture slides from a course on the Economics of Public Issues as taught Marie Stack of Nottingham Trent University in 2009-10....Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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A planning guide: health inequalities and the voluntary and community sector
A guide to the issues and advice on how to address health inequalities, produced by the Royal Society for Public Health. This resource was prepared following extensive field work with experts, and can also be downloaded here: http://www.ngoforum.org.uk/Inequality%20Guide%2026.10.09.pdf...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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5.1 Arithmetic with real numbers
This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.3 Least Upper Bound Property
This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.2 Least upper and greatest lower bounds
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4.1 Upper bounds and lower bounds
This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.2 Inequalities involving integers
This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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2.3 Inequalities involving modulus signs
This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1.5 Arithmetic with real numbers
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1.4 Real numbers and their properties
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1.2 Decimal representation of rational numbers
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This unit will help you understand more about real numbers and their properties. It will explain the relationship between real numbers and recurring decimals, explain irrational numbers and discuss inequalities. The unit will help you to use the Triangle Inequality,...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality
Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality
Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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The idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families?...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.4 Family meanings matter in family studies
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4.3 Family meanings matter in social policies and professional practices
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4.2 Family meanings matter to people in their individual lives and relationships
The idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families?...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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The idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families?...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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2.4 The slippery language of ‘family’
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2.2 Responding to the problems
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1.4 Structures of power & inequalities
The idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families?...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1.3 Exploring values and assumptions
The idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families?...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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The idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families?...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1.1 Introducing ‘family meanings’
The idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families?...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.1 National identities and UK politics
This unit, which contains material from the current Open University second level Politics course DD203 Power, Equality and Dissent, is pitched at the intermediate level. It should take you about 8 hours to study if you attempt the recommended...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit, which contains material from the current Open University second level Politics course DD203 Power, Equality and Dissent, is pitched at the intermediate level. It should take you about 8 hours to study if you attempt the recommended...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.1 Young people's mental health: diversity and inequality
What do we mean by ‘wellbeing’ for young people? How is it shaped by social differences and inequalities, and how can we improve young people's mental and physical health? This unit will examine the range of factors affecting young people’s...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.2 Moving towards greater equality in older age? Old Labour, pension reform and the continuity of a
Retirement, pensions, care homes – old age may not be as rosy as we think. This unit looks at old age taking us from the Workhouse to the basic state pension. Why are people expected to stop work at a...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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If you wonder why, when so much development action is taking place, life seems to stay so bad for so many people and you want to be involved in managing development better, this unit is for you. It is a...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.4 The misuse of the concept of positive liberty
What defines individual freedom in a civilised society? Philosophers have argued over such questions for centuries. This unit looks at various concepts of freedom, asking you to think carefully about how freedom is restricted by our place in society and...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1 Enlightenment, liberty and revolution
This unit provides basic historical background to the French Revolution. It will show that the Revolution accelerated intellectual, cultural and psychological change, and opened up new horizons and possibilities. In fact, while much controversy and scepticism remain as to the...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1 Enlightenment, liberty and revolution
This unit provides basic historical background to the French Revolution. It will show that the Revolution accelerated intellectual, cultural and psychological change, and opened up new horizons and possibilities. In fact, while much controversy and scepticism remain as to the...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.4 The misuse of the concept of positive liberty
What defines individual freedom in a civilised society? Philosophers have argued over such questions for centuries. This unit looks at various concepts of freedom, asking you to think carefully about how freedom is restricted by our place in society and...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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White hand-knitted liberty bodice; sleevelss with 'V' neck. Knitted in stocking stitch with horizontal bands of picot holes. Neck finished with crochet scallops. Double rib welt to hem - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University....Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity
Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined....Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity
Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined....Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity
Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined....Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity
Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined....Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Democracy? You think you know?
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Providing an overview of current issues in UK science education, this unit examines what type of science the curriculum should cover and for what purpose. The unit will introduce you to practical problems in the delivery of an effective science...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1 Is democracy really such a good thing?
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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2 What are some possible alternatives?
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.1 The Athenians, the Swiss, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.1 Can talking do more than voting?
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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The Land Question in South Africa:The challenge of transformation and distribution
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The Land Question in South Africa:The challenge of transformation and distribution
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Doctors in a Divided Society: The profession and education of medical practitioners in South Africa
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.1 Can talking do more than voting?
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.1 The Athenians, the Swiss, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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2 What are some possible alternatives?
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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1 Is democracy really such a good thing?
Participating in the democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, as well as an understanding of forms of government. Notions...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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Providing an overview of current issues in UK science education, this unit examines what type of science the curriculum should cover and for what purpose. The unit will introduce you to practical problems in the delivery of an effective science...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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This unit provides an accessible and lively social science account of contemporary Wales. It introduces key aspects of the economy, society, politics and culture of Wales, providing a wealth of up-to-date evidence that is organised around core social science concepts...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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2.6 The portrayal of traditional symbols of power
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.2 The propaganda function of Jaffa
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.3 The use of religious imagery
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.5 Napoleon Visiting the Field of the Battle of Eylau
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.6 Supporting Napoleon's bulletins
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.1 Inspiring loyalty to the leader
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.2 Purpose of the Decennial Competition
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.2 Purpose of the Decennial Competition
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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4.1 Inspiring loyalty to the leader
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.6 Supporting Napoleon's bulletins
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.5.1 Denon's account of Eylau
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.5 Napoleon Visiting the Field of the Battle of Eylau
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.3 The use of religious imagery
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.2 The propaganda function of Jaffa
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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3.1.1 Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken of Jaffa
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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2.6 The portrayal of traditional symbols of power
In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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In this unit we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so...Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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The USA, power and international order: Foreign policy under Obama
President Obama’s inauguration in 2009 seemed to herald a new era in US foreign policy and international relations. But the Bush years had left a formidable set of problems - war in Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorism, nuclear proliferation in Iran...Thu, 01 Sep 2011
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The politics of racial violence in Britain
The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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1 The politics of racial violence in Britain
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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1 The politics of racial violence in Britain
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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4 Review: misrecognition, disrespect and the politics of fear
This unit looks deeper into the entanglements of welfare, crime and society. It encourages you to think through these entanglements through a focus on ‘problem populations and problem places’. It includes treatment of the victims of Hurricane Katrina that hit...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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1 The politics of racial violence in Britain
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1 The politics of racial violence in Britain
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4 Review: misrecognition, disrespect and the politics of fear
This unit looks deeper into the entanglements of welfare, crime and society. It encourages you to think through these entanglements through a focus on ‘problem populations and problem places’. It includes treatment of the victims of Hurricane Katrina that hit...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Racial violence: European perspectives
The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Introduction to European politics
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file. As taught in Spring Semester 2009 This module seeks to provide students with an understanding of the rationale and key stages of European integration,...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Victorian Britain: Fair or Foul?
Focusing on the year 1851, when the completion of the Crystal Palace seemed to mark the height of Victorian Britain's success, this website asks viewers to decide for themselves whether life in Britain was really as wonderful as contemporary...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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D315_4 The politics of racial violence in Britain
The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file. As taught in Autumn Semester 2009. This module introduces global politics through the major theoretical, historical and empirical ways of seeing international relations. Different...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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This site provides a power point presentation describing the use of growth charts for children. Included are speakers notes and slide text....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Proverbs: Windows Into Other Cultures
This site provides proverbs from the U.S. and then also proverbs from other countries. The proverbs involve cultural concepts such as time, modesty, diplomacy, group identity, power, fate, and risk taking....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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STS.038 Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005
A survey of how America has become the world's largest consumer of energy. Explores American history from the perspective of energy and its relationship to politics, diplomacy, the economy, science and technology, labor, culture, and the environment. Topics include muscle...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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17.544 Comparative Politics and China
This graduate seminar has two main goals: to explore the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of contemporary Chinese politics; and to relate those approches to broader trends in the field of comparative politics. What has the study...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Politics in 60 seconds. The Labour Party
Professor Steven Fielding defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on the labour party. Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes. May 2010 Suitable for Undergraduate...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Philip Cowley, Reader in the University's School of Politics and International Relations, was recently nominated for the Times Higher young researcher of the year award. In this podcast, Philip discusses his research into back bench rebellions within the British parliament....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Politics in 60 seconds. Party whips
Professor Philip Cowley defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on the role of the party whips. Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes. May 2010...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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17.537 / 17.538 Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan
This subject is designed for upper level undergraduates and graduate students as an introduction to politics and the policy process in modern Japan. The semester is divided into two parts. After a two-week general introduction to Japan and to the...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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״Power tends to corrupt, and information power is no exception. Information Liberation analyses the corruptions of power in a range of crucial current areas in the information society, including mass media, intellectual property, surveillance, bureaucracies, defamation and research.״...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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17.037 / 17.038 American Political Thought
This course surveys American political thought from the colonial era to the present. Required readings are drawn mainly from primary sources, including writings of politicians, activists, and theorists. Topics include the relationship between religion and politics, rights, federalism, national identity,...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is guided by 10 Common Principles that empower teachers to act on behalf of the students. The priority areas are...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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This site provides teachers, teacher educators, and students of American history with images and copies of the text of 100 milestone documents of American history (1776-1965) related to the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy. Other resource material...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Frequently Asked Questions About Capitalism
This is a compendium of questions that one might ask about Capitalism, including, "What is capitalism?" "How is democracy related to capitalism," and "what is the role of government in a capitalist society?" These questions could lead to an...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
The purpose of Densho is (1) to preserve the personal testimonies of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in U.S. internment camps during World War II, (2) to help people understand a particular episode in U.S. history, and (3) to use...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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CSUB-NASA COLLABORATIVE 2007: PBS:The Democracy Project
This learning objects gives students the opportunity to learn about our democracy by being the president for a day, by learning how the government effects its citizens and by learning about the voting process through activities....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Democracy may be a word familiar to most, but it is a concept still misunderstood and misused at a time when dictators, single-party regimes, and military coup leaders alike assert popular support by claiming the mantle of democracy. Yet the...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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11.969 Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution
The Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution, sponsored by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and The Flora and William Hewlett Foundation, is a two-day conference that brings together dispute resolution professionals and political theorists in the...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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17.265 Public Opinion and American Democracy
This course will examine public opinion and assess its place in the American political system. The course will emphasize both how citizens' thinking about politics is shaped and the role of public opinion in political campaigns, elections, and government....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The site offers educational information in the form of a worldview sampler, background information on a broad range of topics (e.g. religious liberty, teaching about religion and the nonreligious worldview, civic responsibilities), links to free lesson plans, links to other...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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"Liberty Rhetoric" and Nineteenth-Century American Women
This site is an archive of primary sources (including songs, letters, poems, images, and speeches) and questions to ponder that help students examine and understand the rhetorical framework women used in the early nineteenth-century to argue for equal citizenship and...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The Antipsychiatry Coalition is a nonprofit volunteer group consisting of people who feel we have been harmed by psychiatry - and of our supporters. We created this website to warn you of the harm routinely inflicted on those who...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
This is a free, online textbook. ״Wherever you go‚ whatever you say, write, photograph, or buy‚ whatever prescriptions you take, or ATM withdrawals you make you are generating information. That information can be captured, digitized, retrieved, and copied ‚...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Equality of Several Correlation Coefficients
It is a JavaScript that test for statistical equality of two or more correlation coefficients...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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ANOVA: Testing Equality of Means
A JavaScript that tests a claimed on equality of means of three independent populations based on three sets of random observations one from each populations....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test for Equality of Two Populations
It is a JavaScript that tests statistical equality of two populations based on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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It is a JavaScript that test the equality of several populations? proportions....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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It is a JavaScript that tests the equality of several populations? median....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Sexist Judgments among Successful Women
Alices colleague hopes for gender equality, but mocks her outfit....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System
This is a ThinkQuest that involves the story of a fictional defendant as he faces one of the most serious charges that the legal justice system of the U.S. can levy against an individual. According to the author, the...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Type I and Type II Errors - Making Mistakes in the Justice System
This webpage uses the criminal trials in the US Justice system to illustrate hypothesis testing. An applet allows the user to examine the probability of a Type I and Type II errors under various conditions. An applet allows...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The Sentencing Project works for the reform of unfair and ineffective criminal justice policies and promotes alternatives to incarceration. Separate sections are found for: Sentencing Policy, Incarceration, Felony Disenfranchisement, Drug Policy, Women in the Justice System, and Collateral Consequences. Current...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court Programs
The American Probation and Parole Association, which administers the National Youth Court Center, developed Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Youth Courts to provide program organizers with baseline information on developing, implementing, and enhancing teen court programs...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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iCivics is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Heaven and Hell on Earth: the Massacre of the "Black" Donnellys
This site about an Irish family that emigrated to Canada includes a complete collection of historical documents and images, and two animations. The notorious Donnellys emigrated from Ireland in the 1840s with the hope of finding success in what would...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Online Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice
cjencyclopedia.com is a wiki site created by students studying a range of topics related to the criminal justice system. Much of the work is "in progress" and this site should not be considered "authoritative" on any subject. Students are currently...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Thermal Power Plant Micro Module
This learning object discusses and provides animations of the basic processes and components in a thermal power plant. Cycle descriptions and animations include the Carnot cycle, the basic Rankine cycle, and advanced Rankine cycles with reheating and feedwater heating. In...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Virtual Tour of a Steam Turbine Cogeneration Power Plant
This is virtual tour of the Michigan State University power plant that uses four steam-powered turbines. The power cycles include closed feedwater preheaters and open feedwater preheaters. Photos include a turbine when taken apart for maintenance....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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An Introduction to Statistical Power
This tutorial illustrates the relationship between statistical power and four features of the test situation. An applet allows the user to manipulate a factor and immediately see the effects on other factors....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Java Applets for Power and Sample Size
A detailed page on the relationship between sample size and power, that includes applets. The applets allow the user to change parameters and observe the resulting change in power. Applets are provided for tests for proportions, means, t-tests,...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
Begins with the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 & ends with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It includes the Kronstadt uprising (1921), the death of Lenin (1924), the liquidation of the Kulaks as a class...Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Organization Simulation (Bolman & Deal)
A brief organizational simulation that demonstrates key issues in organizational dynamics, negotiations, power, and conflict....Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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The Dam Busters: Their Place in (Economic) History by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/culture/dambusters Written for Warwick's Knowledge Centre in preparation for Wednesday night's sixty ninth anniversary of the dam raids. The dams of Germany’s industrialized Ruhr valley were an obvious target for the Royal Air Force Bomber Command in World...Mon, 14 May 2012
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Taxing the Rich: Redistribution Versus Citizenship by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30177568-61fa-11e1-807f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1tpB8SkZF Always a hot potato, the top rate of tax is getting hotter. George Osborne is under fire for cutting taxes on incomes over £150,000 from 50p to 45p (this rises to 56p in the pound if...Fri, 04 May 2012
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Political Costs of the Great Recession by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b1b5556-8d1d-11e1-9798-00144feab49a.html#axzz1styV0LMT Monday's Financial Times recorded the dismal showing of Nicolas Sarkozy in the French Presidential first-round election, the record vote for France's far-right National Front, and the openings to the right of Sarkozy and François Hollande, who...Tue, 24 Apr 2012
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Never Underestimate the Power of a Community of Leaders #LSEAfricanLeadership
The Fifth Pan-African Congress held in Manchester in October 1945 was a landmark occasion for Africa. The attendee list included the likes of Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Hastings Banda and Obafemi Awolowo. That gathering gave these men the impetus to...Mon, 23 Apr 2012
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Russia's Great War, Civil War, and Recovery by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/news/?newsItem=094d43a2365e99f001366436ff461cde Tomorrow I'm flying to Moscow to collect a prize, which I will share with my coauthor Andrei Markevich. This is the Russian national prize for applied economics, which was announced last week. The prize, sponsored by...Mon, 02 Apr 2012
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VIDEO: LSE PfAL Director talks about the challenges ahead for gender inequality
As LSE’s Programme for African Leadership (PfAL) gets ready to welcome its first cohort on Monday, the Programme Director, Purna Sen talks about her concern about continued violence towards women, despite progress in gender issues....Wed, 14 Mar 2012
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The case against Berlusconi for corrupting his English lawyer, David Mills, the estranged husband of Tessa Jowell MP, has just been dropped for being timed-out. The pro-Berlusconi media in Italy are reporting this as Berlusconi being cleared. A bit of...Tue, 28 Feb 2012
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#Malawi sliding towards violent #anarchy
As unrest takes hold in Malawi, LSE’s Linje Manyozo urges his fellow citizens to realise that democracy is not just about speaking, but also listening. This post originally appeared the newspaper, Nyasa Times. It is becoming increasingly obvious that the...Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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LSE Exhibition – Justice and Security: there is more than one truth
The LSE Arts exhibition, Justice and Security: there is more than one truth, presents a unique viewpoint on many of the conflict-torn regions of the world through cartoons provided by the Video Journalism and Cartoon Movements. The exhibition is open...Tue, 07 Feb 2012
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The EU Shows the Risks of Selective Intervention by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16803157 As Europe's leaders leave Brussels with a new fiscal treaty, I found myself thinking back to last June when Nicolas Sarkozy said: Without the euro there is no Europe and without Europe there is no...Tue, 31 Jan 2012
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Germany's stumbling foreign policy on Libya
Germany's foreign policy lacks the predictability and dependability of previous years, resulting in heated debates within German foreign policy elites and bemusement within the ranks of Germany's allies. Since the decision to abstain on the United Nations resolution 1973 on the...Fri, 26 Aug 2011
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Lessons from the Left in Germany and Italy
In Germany, the Greens have made their breakthrough. In Baden-Wurtemburg, with 25% vote they outpolled the Social Democrats with 23% and now lead a coalition administration with them. In Bremen, the Social Democrats retained their position as first party, the...Mon, 06 Jun 2011
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Portugal: can it get worse for the European left?
The Portuguese election has seen yet another Socialist party ejected from government during the World’s most serious economic crisis since the 1930s. In the last months, we have seen national elections in Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and Ireland, regional or state...Sun, 05 Jun 2011
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Reform of the West: Lessons from the East by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://keithhennessey.com/2011/07/30/risk-and-the-governments-credit-rating/ Twenty years ago, the idea of post-communist "transition" looked straightforward. There were 30 or so economies that qualified as "transitional." The starting point (communism) and the end point (a democratic market economy) would be roughly the...Mon, 08 Aug 2011
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Pakistan: Is the War Contractible? by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3574b5ee-ab15-11e0-b4d8-00144feabdc0.html Relations between the United States and Pakistan have been going downhill since the killing of Osama bin Laden. Ex ante, it seemed likely that the Pakistan Army had offered some degree of shelter to the world's...Fri, 15 Jul 2011
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Does Cameron want to turn Britain into Belarus?
Britain is feeling rather alone at the moment since the other 26 member states, including Hungary, are now proceeding to a new treaty on the Euro. If the Conservatives and indeed UKIP want exit from the European Union, they should...Fri, 09 Dec 2011
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The Euro: What If ... by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2011/12/eurozone-crisis-live-blog-19/#axzz1fweCvEJB What if the Euro collapses? There's already more than enough speculation about that. I'm wondering what will happen if the Euro survives. Since survival is always conditional, let's ask: What happens if the Euro survives the...Thu, 08 Dec 2011
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Russians, Be Careful What You Wish For by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/5000-protest-duma-election-results/449327.html The Russian parliamentary elections show that, whichever party Russians voted for, whether they voted under free and fair conditions or not, they voted overwhelmingly for a strongman. United Russia (one half of the vote) is for...Wed, 07 Dec 2011
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The Return of DIY Economics by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.ft.com/indepth/autumn-statement-growth-review-2011 Some years ago, David Henderson coined the phrase"do it yourself economics." DIY economics, he argued, was made up of the practical models of causation that ordinary people use to understand the economic world around them. In...Wed, 30 Nov 2011
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South Africa’s wealth still resting in hands of a few
Dr Jason Hickel belongs to LSE’s Department of Anthropology. Following a visit to South Africa, Dr Hickel is struck by the vast inequality that remains in the country despite the end of apartheid 17 years ago. This post originally appeared...Wed, 30 Nov 2011
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The irresistible rise of the Muslim Brothers
For years, the west has feared the Muslim Brotherhood succeeding to the highest levels of Egyptian political power. With Islamists poised to win the lion’s share of seats in Egypt’s election, is the nightmare about to become reality? Professor Fawaz...Tue, 29 Nov 2011
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EU annual budget for 2012 agreed
At 3am on Saturday 19 November, the conciliation committee agreed the budget for 2012. Originally, the European Commission had proposed an increase of 4.9% over the figure for 2011. The Council had cut this to the rate of inflation at...Mon, 21 Nov 2011
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Education can reverse South Africa’s inequality, according to UCT Vice-Chancellor
In a recent LSE lecture, University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price showed how inequality remains prevalent in South Africa despite the end of apartheid in 1994. After decades of inequality for blacks* in South Africa under apartheid, there...Tue, 01 Nov 2011
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Plan B or not to B by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://clients.squareeye.net/uploads/compass/documents/Compass_Plan_B_web.pdf Plan B was launched over the weekend to much fanfare. There was much excited analysis in The Guardian. In The Observer, one hundred economists told George Osborne that Plan A is failing. I will focus on one...Mon, 31 Oct 2011
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...which has saved us for the time being. This is the essence of today's editorial in The Observer by Will Hutton, where he writes: 'In fact, the existence of the euro has, until now, been a bulwark against disaster. Suppose it...Sun, 18 Sep 2011
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Miskimmon keynote address ISA-South 15 October 2011
Ben O'Loughlin and Alister Miskimmon will give the keynote address at the ISA-South 2011 Conference. The conference will take place October 13-15, 2011 at the Elon University; Elon, North Carolina, USA. The theme of this year’s conference is the exploration...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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Afghanistan: Ten Years in a Dead End Street by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15209793 Marking ten years since the coalition invasion of Afghanistan, former U.S. commander Stanley McChrystal has said that the U.S. and its NATO allies are only a little better than half way towards reaching their war goals....Fri, 07 Oct 2011
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Predator v Wealth Creator ... Or Not? by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15081234 "Are you on the side of the wealth creators or the asset strippers?" Ed Milliband asked the Labour Party conference (September 27, 2011). Milliband tells a morality tale with two sides. On the good side are...Thu, 29 Sep 2011
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LSE alum gets unique view of Ghanaian politics
Tamar Burton completed an MA in LSE’s International History department in 2010, specialising in the history of colonial Sudan. She is pursuing a career in law and visited Ghana this summer, interning at a barristers’ chambers in Accra. I was...Mon, 26 Sep 2011
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Dr Stefan Lindemann is a recent LSE graduate and a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity. He was commissioned to conduct the research of the paper, Just Another Change of Guard?...Mon, 19 Sep 2011
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...which has saved us for the time being. This is the essence of today's editorial in The Observer by Will Hutton, where he writes: 'In fact, the existence of the euro has, until now, been a bulwark against disaster. Suppose it...Sun, 18 Sep 2011
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Britain's 50p Tax Rate: The Evidence Against by Mark Harrison
Writing about web page http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d92b0bc4-d7e9-11e0-a5d9-00144feabdc0.html On his excellent blog Analysing British Politics, my Warwick colleague Wyn Grant (with whom I taught The Making of Economic Policy last year) has announced: Economists disagree shock. Yesterday, nineteen other economists and I signed a...Thu, 08 Sep 2011
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Thomas Huddleston discusses European integration policies and access to health care and other benefits, in light of recent MPG research....Tue, 08 May 2012
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WPR: Week in Westminster 05 May 12
Is power draining away from Westminster & how widespread is public hostility to the political class?...Sat, 05 May 2012
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WPR: Beyond Westminster 07 April 2012
Direct democracy is meant to transform our politics, giving voters more power. But will it work, and why are many politicians resisting? David Grossman investigates....Sat, 07 Apr 2012
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If the Public Would be Outraged by Their Rulings, Should Judges Care?
A Report and Analysis of the 2007 Annual Lecture in Law and Society delivered by Professor Cass Sunstein, organised by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with the Law Faculty, Oxford. It is clear that judicial rulings...Mon, 11 Aug 2008
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If the Public Would Be Outraged by their Rulings, Should Judges Care?
A Report and Analysis of the 2007 Annual Lecture in Law and Society delivered by Professor Cass Sunstein, organised by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with the Law Faculty, Oxford. It is clear that judicial rulings...Thu, 29 Mar 2012
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Abbe Sieyes, Guttenberg, and Habermas: Constitutional Revolutions in Egypt and the Arab World
This discussion assesses why the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt took constitutional form, given the previous constitutional histories and discussions. And second, can the revolutionary impulse to constitutionalize political authority succeed? Over the past decade, long before the fall of...Mon, 26 Mar 2012
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The Middle East Revolution: take 2, Constitutionalism
Professors Chibli Mallat and Tom Ginsburg assess the constitutional moment in the wake of democratic revolution. Once the head of the dictatorship is deposed, the constitutional moment starts. Working constitutions represent democracy's strategic depth in the Middle East, and provide...Mon, 26 Mar 2012
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Can Globalization work for the Poor?
Panel discussion on whether Globalisation can benefit the poor with Alex Gennie, Ian Goldin, Rushanara Ali MP, James Drummond and Nick Gowing. Globalisation is bound in a complex relationship with poverty. Its forces are powerful and can act to either...Wed, 21 Mar 2012
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Biting More Than Can Be Chewed: How the US State Became a Prisoner of Its Own Rhetoric about Evil
In the aftermath of September 11, US foreign policy makers adopted an understanding of the nature of the enemy they were facing by adopting ideas of radical evil associated with the totalitarian regimes of Hitler and Stalin. As a result,...Wed, 07 Mar 2012
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Special Lecture - Dr Paula Casal
Apethics: Moral Reflections on the Great Apes Recent scientific findings have caused a large increase in the number of people who believe that the great apes should have certain rights. The talk discusses some less explored implications including the distinction...Wed, 03 Mar 2010
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Power Relations in the Fair Trade Coffee Global Value Chain
This presentation uses methodological insights from Global Value Chain theory to assess how Fair Trade affects opportunities for producer empowerment....Sun, 11 May 2008
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RSC Public Seminar series of Hilary Term 2012 Podcast from the Refugee Studies Centre's Public Seminar Series on 'Critical Approaches to Environmental Displacement' convened by Dr Alexander Betts. This podcast was recorded on Wednesday 8 February 2012 at the Oxford...Fri, 24 Feb 2012
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Challenges of peace talks and mediation - Does it address the question of justice?'
Betty Bigombe, Ugandan MP, State Minister for Water Resources, and Ugandan Peace Negotiator gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series on 7th February. Part of the Oak series on Amnesty...Tue, 21 Feb 2012
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RSC Public Seminar series of Hilary Term 2012 Podcast from the Refugee Studies Centre's Public Seminar Series on 'Critical Approaches to Environmental Displacement' convened by Dr Alexander Betts. This podcast was recorded on Wednesday 8 February 2012 at the Oxford...Fri, 24 Feb 2012
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The Challenges of Global and Local Misogyny
Paper delivered at the Moral Evil in Practical Ethics Conference, Oxford 2012 This essay explores ways in which John Rawls's ideas regarding combat by relatively well-ordered societies with outlaw societies might be a resource for women in responding to the...Wed, 01 Feb 2012
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Between armageddon and utpoia; conflict prevention, justice and reconciliation after mass atrocity.
Seminar delivered on Monday 8 February 2010 by Dr. Rama Mani, Senior Research Associate, Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford, and Project Director, Ending Mass Atrocities - Echoes in the South....Tue, 16 Feb 2010
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Women and Transitional Justice
Brigitte Mapendo's talk for the 2009 Taking Stock of Transitional Justice conference entitled; 'Women and transisitonal justice - What choice between peace and justice?'...Fri, 11 Sep 2009
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Rehabilitating of 'Traitors' as 'resisters'.
Dr Frederic Megret's talk for the 2009 Taking Stock of Transitional Justice Conference entitled 'Rehabilitating 'Traitors' as 'Resisters'; A neglected theme in transitional justice...Fri, 11 Sep 2009
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When Local and Global Justice Meet
Dr Phil Clark gives his talk entitled; 'When local and global justice meet: Field Findings from Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo'. Part of the 2009 Taking Stock of Transitional Justice conference...Thu, 10 Sep 2009
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The Internal logic of the universe as Justice and Reconciliation
Lieselotte Viaene gives her talk entitled 'The internal logic of the universe as justice and reconciliation: Maya Q'eqchi' perceptions from post-colonial Guatemala...Thu, 10 Sep 2009
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Bert Ingelaere gives a talk for the 2009 Taking Stock of Transitional Justice Conference entitled 'Life (stories) in transition: A methodological approach to study political transition and transitional justice from below'...Thu, 10 Sep 2009
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Truth and Reconciliation Process as a method for transitional justice in Georgia
Anna V. Dolidze gives her talk as part of the Taking Stock of Transitional Justice 2009 conference - Truth and Reconciliation Process as a method for transitional justice in Georgia...Thu, 10 Sep 2009
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The Dismempowering Power of Transitional Justice
Tshepo Madlingozi gives his talk for the Taking Stock of Transitional Justice 2009 conference u - The Dismempowering Power of Transitional Justice: Case Study of South Africa's Khulumani Support Group...Thu, 10 Sep 2009
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The Indirect Origins of the Judicial Constitution: 2011 Annual Lecture in Law and Society
In this Annual Lecture, Oxford Professor of Socio-Legal Studies Denis Galligan presents a number of illuminating constitutional snapshots from the last 300 years to explore the limits of representative democracy. and advanced the concept of the People as corporation to...Mon, 20 Jun 2011
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Justice after Atrocity: A Cosmopolitan Pluralist Approach
Why do ordinary people perpetrate genocide and crimes against humanity? How can these perpetrators be held accountable? Are international prosecutions effective? Is imprisonment a fitting punishment? This lecture explores the potential and limits of liberal criminal law as a method...Thu, 29 Jan 2009
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Natural or Naturalizing? The Law's Way with Truth and Justice
Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government addresses the question of What does the law know and how does it know it? What does the law know and how...Wed, 07 Jan 2009
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FLJS and Aspen Institute Lecture: Detention without Trial in Wartime Britain
Delivered by Prof. AWB Simpson at the Aspen Institute on 7 Jul 08, it gives an account of the response of the courts to detention without trial during WWII. It serves to open a two-day seminar entitled 'In Times of...Fri, 08 Aug 2008
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Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law
Prof Eric Uslaner, University of Maryland gives a talk on Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law for the Extra-Legal Governance Institute...Wed, 18 Aug 2010
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What does the "Big Society" mean for migrant communities? - COMPAS Breakfast Briefing
The Coalition government's policy agenda on 'the Big Society' marks a major shift in the landscape. It has been described as radically passing power from the state to citizens and civil society. What does it mean for migrants, for migrant...Tue, 16 Aug 2011
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Mapping Turkish International Migration Studies: Old Questions, New Challenges
Prof Dr. Ahmet Icduygu, Migration Research Centre, Koc University, Istanbul, gives the first in a new series on Turkish Migration for COMPAS Turkey has long been a major sending country of migrants and there are 3.7 million Turks and their...Mon, 08 Aug 2011
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Dept Seminar: The power of felted cloth through time and space
In this Anthropology Dept seminar (19 November 2010), Dr Stephanie Bunn (University of St Andrews) examines the production and design of Eurasian felt, placing it in a domestic context...Mon, 21 Feb 2011
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Interview with Oscar F. Gil-Garcaa
In this podcast Oscar F. Gil-Garcia is interviewed about his work on the photographic project 'Guatemalan forced migration: the politics of care in representing refugees'. In this podcast Oscar F. Gil-Garcia is in conversation with Sean Loughna. The photographic exhibition...Thu, 03 Jul 2008
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Interview with Professor Elizabeth Colson
In this podcast Professor Elizabeth Colson is in conversation with Dr Anna Schmidt. Elizabeth Florence Colson is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. In this podcast Professor Elizabeth Colson is in conversation with Dr Anna Schmidt....Tue, 23 Oct 2007
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Globalisation, Inequality, and the State
Thomas Pogge (Yale University) presents this lecture as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by on May 24th, 2011....Wed, 06 Jul 2011
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The Berlusconi experience. A new model of politics for the 21st century?
Paolo Mancini, Università degli Studi di Perugia, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute on Italian Premiere Berlusconi on 26th November 2010....Mon, 11 Apr 2011
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The use of citizen journalism by traditional media
Seminar delivered by Nic Newman, former Future Media Controller, BBC and visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Nicola Bruno writes: 'To be social or not to be social?' According to Nic Newman, RISJ Visiting...Fri, 04 Mar 2011
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53 Years of Media and Politics
Dr. David Butler brings his legendary Friday evening Media and Politics seminar to a final conclusion by answering questions instead of asking them. Dr Butler's well-worn armchair was occupied by John Lloyd (of the Reuters Institute for the Study of...Thu, 04 Nov 2010
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American-Sino Relations: Competition
Second part of the three part series. This episode looks at four areas where the two most powerful nations can be in competition or in conflict; exceptionalism, contrasting political systems,power perceptions and shifts in the power relationships...Thu, 07 Jan 2010
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Opinion Formation and Democratic Legitimacy
Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University) delivers this lecture on government, opinion formation, the media and direct democracy as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by Creative media and direct democracy....Wed, 14 Dec 2011
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Process and Effects of Unification
The history of the Wall — Developments up to 1989 — The international handling of German unification — The domestic politics of unification — Enduring divisions in Germany — Conclusion...Wed, 07 Mar 2007
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Kathryn Nwajiaku, Oxford, gives a talk on The politics of Oil and Ethnic Nationalism in Nigeria's Niger Delta as part of the Nigeria Economy and Society section of the Celebrating Gavin Williams Conference...Tue, 23 Aug 2011
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Part of the Politics in Strange Places conference held in Oxford in September 2010....Wed, 30 Mar 2011
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Provisional Rights and Past Injustice
Professor Anna Stilz (Princeton University) gives a paper for the Kant and Colonialism conference held at Nuffield College, Oxford. Introduced by Dr Reidar Maliks...Fri, 04 Mar 2011
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Being Humanitarian: Personal Morality and Political Project in Today's Wars
Dr Hugo Slim, Visiting Fellow in the department of politics and international relations, gives a talk for the 2011 Hilary term ELAC/CCW seminar series on armed conflict...Mon, 21 Feb 2011
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Global Injustice and Redistributive Wars - Why We Fight Conference lecture 4
Part of the Why we Fight Conference held in Nuffield College October 2010.Professor of Political Science, Aarhus University, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, gives his paper followed by a discussion...Wed, 05 Jan 2011
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Uncertainty, Lags and Nonlinearity: Challenges to Governance in a Turbulent World
Prof. Homer-Dixon looks at systems displaying high levels of uncertainty. Using the example of climate change, he asks whether standard "management" approaches used by policymakers are enough or if we must find new approaches in times of uncertainty. Global financial,...Mon, 01 Jun 2009
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How Individual Rights Transformed World Politics
Have individual rights transformed world politics? Prof. Reus-Smit challenges the circumscribed nature of this debate, arguing the relationship between individual rights and world politics has a longer history and is more fundamental than it suggests. Have individual rights transformed world...Fri, 27 Feb 2009
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Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media
Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on whether the outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media. The outcome of political careers and even...Fri, 30 Oct 2009
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By 2050 there will be far more of us: world population is predicted to be two billion higher than it is today. This rise, predominantly in the developing world, will engender major geopolitical shifts and tensions. By 2050 there will...Fri, 27 Feb 2009
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Craig Venter on Genomics: From humans to the environment
In the second of the Distinguished Public Lecture Series run by the James Martin 21st Century School, Dr Craig Venter will discuss his work at the J Craig Venter Institute and its implications for the future of our culture, society...Mon, 14 Apr 2008
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The crisis of global capitalism: towards a new economic culture?
Manuel Castells draws on arguments from his book Communication Power in discussing the structural causes and implications of the 2008 economic crisis, and in claiming that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism The...Mon, 09 Nov 2009
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When the Audience Clicks: Buying Attention in the Digital Age
Discussion of media buying and the attention-creation industry - showing how the fixation on audiences' click-like behaviour is a disruptive institutional force, and how buyers' new approaches to attention are creating new forms of social discrimination. A huge part of...Mon, 08 Mar 2010
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Those Golden Eggs Come From Somewhere: Internet Regulation at a Crossroads
A discussion of how largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of ICT creates a danger of perhaps killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment. From its inception, many...Mon, 08 Mar 2010
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We are the Web: The future of the social machine
The Web 2.0 world is commonplace but the promise of massive scale human computing has barely been exploited. This seminar explores the potential, challenges, and promises for next-generation technologies that can empower humanity to address key problems Although the read...Fri, 30 Apr 2010
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A plenary session from the Building Peace conference organized by the Oxford Network for Peace Studies and hosted by St John's College, Oxford on 15 May 2010. Barney Afako - a scholar-practitioner of peace building, leading Ugandan human rights lawyer,...Wed, 22 Dec 2010
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Wellbeing and Inequality in Post-Industrial Society
The Annual Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture is delivered by a leading thinker on a subject related to Ralf Dahrendorf's concerns. This inaugural (2010) Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture was delivered by Lord (Adair) Turner....Tue, 06 Jul 2010
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Empowering Theories in Management Studies
Professor Gagliardi will analyse the relationship between thinking and experiencing in the production of knowledge before going on to hypothesise the distinctive traits of an 'empowering theory'. THE RICHARD NORMANN LECTURE 2010 Richard Normann was one of the most profound...Mon, 29 Mar 2010
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This lecture series seeks to explore and explain the sources and forms of uncertainty in key aspects of contemporary life. This lecture series seeks to explore and explain the sources and forms of uncertainty in key aspects of contemporary life....Wed, 24 Mar 2010
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Risk Aversion and the Climate of Blame
This lecture series seeks to explore and explain the sources and forms of uncertainty in key aspects of contemporary life. This lecture series seeks to explore and explain the sources and forms of uncertainty in key aspects of contemporary life....Wed, 24 Mar 2010
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What's all the fuss about? When individual risks meet policy uncertainties in health
This lecture series seeks to explore and explain the sources and forms of uncertainty in key aspects of contemporary life. This lecture series seeks to explore and explain the sources and forms of uncertainty in key aspects of contemporary life....Wed, 24 Mar 2010
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Marc Stears on Radical Political Thought
Political theorist Dr. Marc Stears talks about the importance of political theory and describes some of the radical political movements of Britain and the United States....Wed, 22 Oct 2008
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The Politics of Climate Change: Problems and Solutions
Lord Anthony Giddens gives the opening keynote address to the Oxford Climate Forum, talking about the politics of climate change....Wed, 14 Apr 2010
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A Woman's place: The transformation of female power in first millennial BC Egypt
A talk assessing the role of women in ancient Egypt - looking at the changes in female religious roles in ancient Egyptian society as a barometer for wider social, cultural and political transformation...Wed, 28 Oct 2009
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Young Lives Project: Children's experiences of poverty, adversity and inequality
This talk looks at the work done by the Young Lives Project, a study which tracks 12,000 children across 4 developing countries over a 15 year period trying to find a scientific answer to the question of the causes of...Wed, 28 Oct 2009
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Introduction to Studying the History and Politics of China
Dr Rana Mitter talks about his cutting edge research in China and gives an introduction to studying the history and politics of China, a new and exciting field of research within the Humanities division...Wed, 29 Apr 2009
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A President, the Gobi and the Oxford Union: Environment, Politics and Mining in Mongolia.
Three researchers analyse the Mongolian President's speech at the Oxford Union, October 2011. Drawing from their current research, the themes of environment, politics and mining influence in Mongolia are discussed and implications for the future assessed....Tue, 22 Nov 2011
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WPR: Week In Westminster 19 Nov 11
New powers for the Bank of England; getting e-petitions right; caricatures in Europe; and an MP's personal story. Presented this week by George Parker of the Financial Times....Sat, 19 Nov 2011
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Dr Sally Mapstone, Hugh Dent MBE, Professor Fiona Caldicott and Peter Quinn discuss the issue of equality and diversity specifically within the University of Oxford, looking at gender, race and disability issues. It was filmed at the Alumni Weekend 2011....Thu, 20 Oct 2011
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Mark Philp, Simon Caney and Adam Swift discuss the issue of intergenerational justice and ask questions like how do we allocate resources intergenerationally accross areas like welfare, pensions, higher education and environmental costs?...Wed, 12 Oct 2011
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The Impact of the Fair Pay Act on Workplace Inequality
In 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, named for a production supervisor at Goodyear who filed a pay discrimination suit against her employer. The Presidents speech emphasizes the importance of fair and equal pay to a...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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17.118J / SP.412J / WGS.412J Feminist Political Thought
This course focuses on a range of theories of gender in modern life. In recent years feminist scholars in a range of disciplines have challenged previously accepted notions of political theory such as the distinctions between public and private, the...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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17.960 Foundations of Political Science
This subject, required of all first-year PhD students in political science, introduces fundamental ideas, theories, and methods in contemporary political science through the study of a small number of major books and articles that are intrinsically good and have been...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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SP.601J / 17.006J / 17.007J / 24.237J Feminist Theory
This course focuses on a range of theories of gender in modern life. In recent years, feminist scholars in a range of disciplines have challenged previously accepted notions of political theory such as the distinctions between public and private, the...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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King Lear to In the loop : fiction and British politics
On 11 December 2009, Nottingham University's Centre for British Politics held a conference at the British Academy that drew together politicians, writers and academics to explore the interaction of British politics and fiction. In addition to the conference several video...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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This course is designed to provide students with a broad overview of the major theories on the relationship between ethnicity and politics. The course is divided into three sections. The first covers general theory and discusses the social construction of...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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17.405 / 17.406 Seminar on Politics and Conflict in the Middle East
This course focuses on evolution of contemporary politics and economics. The subject is divided into four parts: Context: historical and strategic perspectives, theoretical issues, and sources and forms of conflict; Continuity: detailed analysis conflicts systems and their persistence, as well...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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21A.460J / SP.620J / WGS.620J Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora
This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. It examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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DD203_1 The politics of devolution
This unit, which contains material from the current Open University second level Politics course DD203 Power, Equality and Dissent, is pitched at the intermediate level. It should take you about 8 hours to study if you attempt the recommended exercises...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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11.302J / 4.253J Urban Design Politics
This is a seminar about the ways that urban design contributes to the distribution of political power and resources in cities. "Design," in this view, is not some value-neutral aesthetic applied to efforts at urban development but is, instead, an...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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After Slavery: Race, Labor and Politics in the Post-Emancipation CarolinasAfter Slavery is a transatlantic research collaboration between historians based in the US, Ireland and the UK. Directed from Queen's University Belfast and funded by the (UK) Arts and Humanities Research...Mon, 10 Oct 2011
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WPR: Beyond Westminster 03 Sept 2011
Mary Ann Sieghart asks if the government's plan to give the public more information on public services will empower people or result in confusion and information overload....Sat, 03 Sep 2011
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Kathryn Nwajiaku, Oxford, gives a talk on The politics of Oil and Ethnic Nationalism in Nigeria's Niger Delta as part of the Nigeria Economy and Society section of the Celebrating Gavin Williams Conference...Tue, 23 Aug 2011
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What does the "Big Society" mean for migrant communities? - COMPAS Breakfast Briefing
The Coalition government's policy agenda on 'the Big Society' marks a major shift in the landscape. It has been described as radically passing power from the state to citizens and civil society....Tue, 16 Aug 2011
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Opinion Formation and Democratic Legitimacy
Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University) delivers this lecture on government, opinion formation, the media and direct democracy as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by Creative media and direct democracy....Wed, 06 Jul 2011
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Globalisation, Inequality, and the State
Thomas Pogge (Yale University) presents this lecture as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by on May 24th, 2011....Wed, 06 Jul 2011
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Being Humanitarian: Personal Morality and Political Project in Today's Wars
Dr Hugo Slim, Visiting Fellow in the department of politics and international relations, gives a talk for the 2011 Hilary term ELAC/CCW seminar series on armed conflict...Mon, 21 Feb 2011
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The Politics of Climate Change: Problems and Solutions
Lord Anthony Giddens gives the opening keynote address to the Oxford Climate Forum, talking about the politics of climate change....Wed, 14 Apr 2010
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The Politics of Climate Change: Problems and Solutions
Lord Anthony Giddens gives the opening keynote address to the Oxford Climate Forum, talking about the politics of climate change....Wed, 14 Apr 2010
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The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector....Thu, 05 Nov 2009
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The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector....Thu, 05 Nov 2009
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3. Arguments from Distributive Justice
James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses the debate over whether distributive justice requires that well-off people do something about poverty in other countries. 'Cosmopolitan' philosophers, such as Charles Beitz and Simon Caney, argue that it...Mon, 08 Aug 2011
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3. Arguments from Distributive Justice (Handout)
James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses the debate over whether distributive justice requires that well-off people do something about poverty in other countries. 'Cosmopolitan' philosophers, such as Charles Beitz and Simon Caney, argue that it...Mon, 08 Aug 2011
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Good Intentions and Political Life: Against Virtue Parsimony: St Cross Special Ethics Seminar
Dr Adrian Walsh delivers a St Cross College Lecture entitled Good Intentions and Political Life: Against Virtue Parsimony It is a commonplace that the good life and the good society are intimately interconnected. In order to maximize our chances of...Mon, 24 Jan 2011
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Special Lecture - Dr Paula Casal
Apethics: Moral Reflections on the Great Apes Recent scientific findings have caused a large increase in the number of people who believe that the great apes should have certain rights. The talk discusses some less explored implications including the distinction...Wed, 03 Mar 2010
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Power Relations in the Fair Trade Coffee Global Value Chain
This presentation uses methodological insights from Global Value Chain theory to assess how Fair Trade affects opportunities for producer empowerment....Sun, 11 May 2008
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He's got the whole world in his hands: US History and its discontents in the Obama Era
Robin Kelley's inaugral lecture comments on the absence of discussion about race as connected to Barak Obama's presidency, particularly in light of American history and politics....Tue, 01 Dec 2009
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'The Politics of Oil in Eastern Africa' (African Studies Seminar)
Professor Anderson presents research on the rising interest in oil in East Africa and how it is transforming the face of regional politics and threatens Kenya's position as the regional resource hub. (10 Mar 2011) Presenting research done by Professor...Fri, 13 May 2011
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20 Years of Multi-Partyism in Kenya (African Studies Seminar)
A roundtable discussion examining the current state of Kenyan politics, twenty years after it changed to a multi-party state. The change to multi-partyism in Kenya in the early 1990s brought with it the hope of significant developments for the East...Tue, 25 Jan 2011
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Through the Network (of Networks): The Fifth Estate
The Internet and web are creating a new space for networking people, information and other resources: this has the potential to become an important 'fifth estate' to support greater accountability in politics, the media and other institutional arenas....Fri, 12 Sep 2008
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Negotiation and the Global Information Economy
JP Singh discusses the role played by diplomacy and negotiations in economic globalization, exploring possibilities for transformational problem-solving through multilateral diplomacy, allowing an adjustment of positions so that mutual gains will result JP Singh discusses aspects of his book 'Negotiation...Fri, 03 Jul 2009
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Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media
Are social media tools likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics? Is their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures to be believed? The outcome of political careers and even campaigns is...Wed, 07 Oct 2009
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Internet Governance and Regulation: The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It
What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? This is Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture...Fri, 09 Oct 2009
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Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the themes of...Mon, 10 May 2010
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Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game: Internet Games, Social Inequality and Racist Talk as Griefing
This talk recaps the history of racist griefing online and link the current crisis in racial discourse in the US with this practice, exploring the implications for digital games as a transnational public sphere. Games are a radically transnational medium:...Tue, 20 Jul 2010
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Not Without Hope: An Intelligent Future for Life on Earth
In a fascinating lecture that reimagines the history of earth, from its earliest origins to our present global civilization, Prof Tim Flannery tells a remarkable story that shows the awesome hand of nature and the transformative power of ideas. The...Thu, 10 Mar 2011
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Assessing the economic rise of China and India
The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent a full third of the world's income...Thu, 03 Feb 2011
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Reinventing Fire: Profitable Solutions to Climate, Oil, and Proliferation
Amory B. Lovins (Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute) on why a prosperous, secure, and climate-stable world must shift from fossil fuels to efficient use and benign supply. The pieces of this puzzle are now falling into place in...Thu, 02 Dec 2010
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Dr Kenneth Richards, James Martin Senior Visiting Fellow on how carbon capture and storage (CCS) provides a potentially promising approach to mitigating carbon dioxide emissions. However, as with virtually all major new technologies, deployment will require careful consideration of a...Wed, 24 Nov 2010
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Climate Shocks: Turning Crisis into Opportunity
Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, CIGI Chair of Global Systems, Balsillie School of International Affairs; full Professor, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo on Climate Shocks: Turning Crisis into Opportunity Climate policy is gridlocked nationally and globally, with...Fri, 15 Oct 2010
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A Panel Discussion with George Soros
Lessons from Financial Crises: Paradigm Failure and the Future of Financial Regulation In October, George Soros delivered a week-long series of lectures at the Central European University in Budapest discussing his latest thinking on economics and politics, and the way...Thu, 17 Dec 2009
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