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17.418 Field Seminar: International Relations Theory, Spring 2009
(2009-06)
This seminar provides an overview of the field of international relations. Each week, a different approach to explaining international relations will be examined. By surveying major concepts and theories in the field, the ...
17.869 Political Science Scope and Methods, Fall 2003
(2003-12)
This course is designed to provide an introduction to a variety of empirical research methods used by political scientists. The primary aims of the course are to make you a more sophisticated consumer of diverse empirical ...
17.181 / 17.182 Sustainable Development: Theory, Research and Policy, Spring 2003
(2003-06)
Examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of the notion of "sustainable development." Focuses on the sustainability problems of industrial countries (i.e., aging of populations, sustainable consumption, ...
17.460 Defense Politics, Fall 2002
(2002-12)
This course focuses on the institutional relationships that affect the raising, maintenance and use of military forces in the United States. It is about civil/military, government/industry, military/science and military ...
17.422 Field Seminar in International Political Economy, Fall 2003
(2003-12)
This field seminar in international political economy covers major theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives. The basic orientation is disciplinary and comparative (over time and across countries, regions, firms), ...
17.908 Reading Seminar in Social Science: Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law, Spring 2007
(2007-06)
This course surveys the relationship between race and crime in the United States, with a special emphasis on the role this relationship has played in the development of American ideas about citizenship and nationhood.
17.460 Defense Politics, Spring 2006
(2006-06)
This course focuses on the institutional relationships that affect the raising, maintenance and use of military forces in the United States. It is about civil/military, government/industry, military/science and military ...
17.007J / 17.006 / 24.237 / SP.601J / WGS.601J Feminist Political Thought, Spring 2006
(2006-06)
This course is designed as a focused survey of feminist political thought and theory, exploring the various and often competing ways feminists have framed discussions about sex, gender, and oppression. Beginning with a ...
17.960 Foundations of Political Science, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
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 ...
17.188J / 11.414J Labor and Politics, Fall 2005
(2005-12)
This graduate research and reading seminar examines an array of issues facing labor in today's global world. The premise of this course is that recent developments (e.g., globalization, liberalization, privatization, etc.) ...