About
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
Videos
Class 11: The Discourse of Iraqis and Arabs on the Reconstruction of a New Iraq
Mar 6, 2010 3687 views
Class 6: The Arab Discourse on Iraq and the International Role
Mar 5, 2010 2300 views
Class 3: Comparative Insights: Marshall Plan, Japan, and Iraq
Mar 5, 2010 2857 views
Class 5: Consolidating Iraqi Democracy: the Institutional Context
Mar 5, 2010 2591 views
Class 2: Politics and Society in Iraq in the 20th Century
Mar 5, 2010 2150 views
Class 1: U.S. Planning and Realities of Post-war Iraq
Mar 5, 2010 2812 views
Class 4: Reconstructing "a New Liberal Iraq"
Mar 5, 2010 2026 views
