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MIT 11.948 The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq - Spring 2005

MIT 11.948 The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq - Spring 2005

This course is being offered in conjunction with the colloquium The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq, which is sponsored by MIT’s Center for International Studies and Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Fundamentally, the course focuses on contemporary post-conflict countries (or in-conflict countries) and the role of planning and reconstruction in building nations, mitigating conflicts, reshaping the social, spatial, geopolitical, and political life, and determining the country’s future.

Course Highlights

This course features lecture notes and student projects.

Course Homepage: 11.948 The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq Spring 2005

Course features at MIT OpenCourseWare page: *Syllabus *Calendar *Readings *Lecture Notes *Projects *Download Course Materials

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Class 11: The Discourse of Iraqis and Arabs on the Reconstruction of a New Iraq

Yosef Jabareen,

Noam Chomsky

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Class 6: The Arab Discourse on Iraq and the International Role

Hafez Al Mirazi

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Class 3: Comparative Insights: Marshall Plan, Japan, and Iraq

Charles S. Maier,

John W. Dower

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Class 5: Consolidating Iraqi Democracy: the Institutional Context

Noah Feldman,

Kanan Makiya

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Class 2: Politics and Society in Iraq in the 20th Century

Sami Zubaida

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Class 1: U.S. Planning and Realities of Post-war Iraq

David J. Nash,

Charles N. Patterson,

Harvey M. Sapolsky,

Lawrence J. Vale,

Richard J. Samuels

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Class 4: Reconstructing "a New Liberal Iraq"

Robert E. Looney,

Kenneth M. Pollack

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