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Targeting the Poor: Local Economic Development in Developing Countries

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What can we learn about science and technology–and what can we do with that knowledge? Who are “we” in these...

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Cities in Conflict: Theory and Practice

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Political Economy of Globalization

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Urbanizing China: A Reflective Dialogue

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Changing Life: Reading the Intersections of Gender, Race, Biology, and Literature

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Gendering U.S. Immigration Policy: Sociopolitical, Theological and Feminist Perspectives

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Gateway to the Profession of Planning

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The purpose of the course is to cultivate the sensibilities necessary for effective planning practice. This...

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Doctoral Research Seminar: Knowledge in the Public Arena

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Congress and the American Political System II

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Studies in Women's Life Narratives: Interrogating Marriage: Case Studies in American Law and Culture

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Is marriage a patriarchal institution? Much feminist scholarship has characterized it that way, but now in the...

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Environmental Justice

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This class explores the foundations of the environmental justice movement, current and emerging issues, and the...

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Civil Society and the Environment

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This graduate seminar examines civic engagement in international, national and local environmental governance. We...

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Development, Planning, and Implementation: The Dialectic of Theory and Practice

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Ethnic Politics I

Prof. Roger Petersen

This course is designed to provide students with a broad overview of the major theories on the relationship between...

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Disaster, Vulnerability and Resilience

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In recent years, the redistribution of risk has created conditions for natural and technological disasters to become...

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Feminist Inquiry: Strategies for Effective Scholarship

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International Environmental Negotiation

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This seminar will explore the difficulties of getting agreement on global definitions of sustainability; in...

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Globalization

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Equity & Inclusion: Local Policy-Driven Strategies for Economic Development & the Just City

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This course explores equity as a key value, measure, and framework for operationalizing local economic development...

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Civil Society, Social Capital, and the State in Comparative Perspective

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In recent years both scholars and policymakers have expressed a remarkable amount of interest in the concepts of...

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Gateway: Planning Action

Cherie Miot Abbanat

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Ethnic Politics II

Prof. Roger Petersen

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Race, Immigration, and Planning

Prof. J. Phillip Thompson

This course provides an introduction to the issues of immigrants, planning, and race. It identifies the complexities...

Anthropology Humanities Philosophy

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Gender, Race, and the Construction of the American West

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This course explores how gender shaped the historical experiences and cultural productions in the North American...

Gender Studies History Humanities

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Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning: Economic Development Planning Skills

Prof. Karl Seidman

This intensive and brief 4-day seminar, taught during MIT’s Independent Activities Period in January, uses a case...

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Special Graduate Topic in Political Science: Public Opinion

Prof. Adam Berinsky

This course provides an introduction to the vast literature devoted to public opinion. In the next 12 weeks, we will...

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Emotions and Politics

Prof. Roger Petersen

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Malaysia Sustainable Cities Practicum

Prof. Lawrence Susskind

The Malaysia Sustainable Cities Practicum is an intensive field-based course that brings 15 graduate students to...

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Warlords, Terrorists, and Militias: Theorizing on Violent Non-State Actors

Prof. Fotini Christia

This course is a general overview of the recent political science literature on violent non-state actors. Its aim is...

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Role of Science and Scientists in Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Policymaking

Dr. Herman Karl

This course examines joint fact-finding within the context of adaptive and ecosystem-based management. Challenges...

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Healthy Cities: Assessing Health Impacts of Policies and Plans

Prof. Mariana Arcaya

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Special Topics: Social Animals

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Humans are social animals; social demands, both cooperative and competitive, structure our development, our brain...

Biology Cognitive Science Psychology

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The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq

Prof. Yosef Jabareen

This course is being offered in conjunction with the colloquium The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq, which is...

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Intelligence: Practice, Problems and Prospects

Prof. Barry Posen

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Regional Socioeconomic Impact Analyses and Modeling

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Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part I

Dr. Herman Karl

11.941 and 11.942 make up a one-year seminar. The goal of this seminar is to explore the role of science and...

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Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Hyde/Jackson Square & Roslindale Square, Boston

Prof. Karl Seidman

This course focuses on the physical and economic renewal of urban neighborhood Main Streets by combining classroom...

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Citizen Participation, Community Development, and Urban Governance in the Developing World

Prof. Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Citizen participation is everywhere. Invoking it has become de rigueur when discussing cities and regions in the...

International Development Policy and Administration Social Sciences

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Housing and Human Services

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Great Power Military Intervention

Prof. Roger Petersen

This course examines systematically, and comparatively, great and middle power military interventions, and candidate...

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Reforming Natural Resources Governance: Failings of Scientific Rationalism and Alternatives for Building Common Ground

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For the last century, precepts of scientific management and administrative rationality have concentrated power in...

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Community-Owned Enterprise and Civic Participation

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Dr. Herman Karl

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Learning by Comparison: First World/Third World Cities

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International Development Social Sciences Sociology

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Social Science and the Iraq and Syrian Wars

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The wars in Iraq and Syria have changed the course of international relations in the 21st century. During these...

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U.S. Budgets for National Security

Dr. Cindy Williams

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In the wake of Katrina the entire gulf coast is embroiled in a struggle over what constitutes “appropriate”...

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