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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course examines quantitative techniques for life cycle analysis of the impacts of materials extraction, processing use, and recycling; and economic analysis of materials processing, products, and markets. Student teams undertake a major case study using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process.
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This course will explore how Americans have confronted energy challenges since the end of World War II. Beginning in the 1970s, Americans worried about the supply of energy. As American production of oil declined, would the US be able to secure enough fuel to sustain their high consumption lifestyles? At the same time, Americans also began
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- history
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- richard nixon
- ronald reagan
- jimmy carter
- george bush
- nuclear power
- wind power
- fossil fuel
- automobiles
- suburbia
- iran hostage crisis
- climate change
- global warming
- oil drilling
- kyoto protocol
- solar power
- opec
- epa
- earth day
- environmentalism
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- levittown
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course will focus on issues that arise in contemporary public debate concerning matters of social justice. Topics will likely include: euthanasia, gay marriage, racism and racial profiling, free speech, hunger and global inequality. Students will be exposed to multiple points of view on the topics and will be given guidance in analyzin
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- linguistics and philosophy
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- environmentalism
- animal rights
- immortality
- egoism
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- utilitarianism
- deontology
- virtue
- moral theory
- global justice
- equality
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- race
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- poverty
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- death penalty
- gay marriage
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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"Environmental Politics & Policy" explores the workings of environmental policymaking in the United States.
What are the big issues facing environmental policy?
How did we end up with the policies we have today?
Why does it take a crisis to move environmental policy forward?
Why do political factors - economic interests, social and politic
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- political science
- environmental policy
- environmentalism
- clean air act
- clean water act
- wetlands
- endangered species
- biodiversity
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- urban sprawl
- climate change
- global warming
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This course offers a critical analysis of contending theories of international relations. Focus is on alternative theoretical assumptions, different analytical structures, and a common core of concepts and content. It also focuses on a comparative analysis of realism(s), liberalism(s), institutionalism(s), and new emergent theories. It also
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- 21st century
- political theory
- international relations
- realism
- liberalism
- institutionalism
- constructivism
- conflict
- war
- globalization
- critical analysis
- theoretical assumptions
- analytical structures
- comparative analysis
- neo-realism
- neo-liberalism
- neo-institutionalism
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- environmentalism
- emergent dynamics
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Our linked subjects are (1) the historical process by which the meaning of technology has been constructed, and (2) the concurrent transformation of the environment. To explain the emergence of technology as a pivotal word (and concept) in contemporary public discourse, we will examine responses — chiefly political and literary — to the dev
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- science technology and society
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- intellectual history
- cultural history
- management
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- industrial arts
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- mechanical arts
- technological determinism
- manufacturing
- manufactures
- factory
- capitalism
- entrepreneurship
- innovation
- ecology
- environmentalism
- pollution
- literature
- american history
- the enlig
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- gulf war
- richard nixon
- ronald reagan
- jimmy carter
- george bush
- nuclear power
- wind power
- fossil fuel
- automobiles
- suburbia
- iran hostage crisis
- climate change
- global warming
- oil drilling
- kyoto protocol
- solar power
- opec
- epa
- earth day
- environmentalism
- atomic bomb
- gerald ford
- levittown
- manhattan pro
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This OER is part of OCW: Moral Problems and the Good Life
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- egoism
- skepticism
- relativism
- toleration
- utilitarianism
- deontology
- virtue
- moral theory
- global justice
- equality
- social justice
- race
- gender
- poverty
- sex
- welfare
- freedom
- death penalty
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File: 17-420-spring-2003.zip
This OER is part of OCW: Advances in International Relations Theory
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- realism
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- globalization
- critical analysis
- theoretical assumptions
- analytical structures
- comparative analysis
- neo-realism
- neo-liberalism
- neo-institutionalism
- contentions
- environmentalism
- emergent dynamics
- evolutiona
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This OER is part of OCW: Environmental Politics and Policy
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This OER is part of OCW: Technology and the Literary Imagination
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- mechanism
- mechanical arts
- technological determinism
- manufacturing
- manufactures
- factory
- capitalism
- entrepreneurship
- innovation
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