A Conversation with Meg Munn
A conversation with Meg Munn MP, former Minister in the Blair and Brown governments. Hear an 'insider's' take on the UK political scene - a crucial general election due within six months, the 'expenses scandal' entangling Westminster MPs, an unpopular Labour leader, and the UK’s relationship with Europe being questioned again. Held 7 December, 2009.
2. What are the "Killer Apps" of the Smart Grid? (April 22, 2009)
Environmental Studies, Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Biology, politics, energy, electricity consumption infrastructure, economics, smart grid, buzz word, Google search term, meter, distribution, transmission, generation, renewable energy, storag
1. Overcoming the Resource Curse (September 24, 2008)
science, economics, politics, oil, poverty, corruption, international relations, energy, authoritarian rule, government corruption, dictatorship, oil dependence, developing countries, market volatility, Africa, oil prices, energy crisis, environment, tran
3. Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (October 8, 2008)
science, geography, energy, environment, geopolitics, politics, international relations, energy policy, natural resources, oil, natural gas, North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO), Africa, China, Europe, energy crisis, economics, climate change, global
1.2 Expressing ratios
From politics to cookery, ratios, proportions and percentages are part of everyday life. This unit is designed to help you become more familiar with how figures can be manipulated, then you can check whether that discount really is as big as they claim!
1.3.1 Try some yourself
From politics to cookery, ratios, proportions and percentages are part of everyday life. This unit is designed to help you become more familiar with how figures can be manipulated, then you can check whether that discount really is as big as they claim!
1.2.1 Try some yourself
From politics to cookery, ratios, proportions and percentages are part of everyday life. This unit is designed to help you become more familiar with how figures can be manipulated, then you can check whether that discount really is as big as they claim!
3.1.1 Try some yourself
From politics to cookery, ratios, proportions and percentages are part of everyday life. This unit is designed to help you become more familiar with how figures can be manipulated, then you can check whether that discount really is as big as they claim!
1.5 Speeds
From politics to cookery, ratios, proportions and percentages are part of everyday life. This unit is designed to help you become more familiar with how figures can be manipulated, then you can check whether that discount really is as big as they claim!
Karl Marx - 2006 RIHSS Key Thinkers Public Lecture Series
Karl Marx is undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers of modern times. Largely ignored in his own lifetime, his philosophies on politics, economics and society went on to shape almost half the world's population throughout the latter half of the twentieth century. His views were, and continue to be, used as the framework behind communist and socialist ideals but are, more often than not, accompanied by political rhetoric and self-serving adaptation. In this lecture, Dr. John Buchanan of
18th Century Spanish History
18th Century Spanish History
Terrorism, Peace, and Other Inconsistencies
This course addresses a set of inter-related questions that have become central to peace and security in the modern era, at both the domestic and international levels. POLS 30228 is a cross-listed course. For full course materials, please see IIPS 30401.
Curt Smith: Political Candidates and Public Speaking
Can public speaking make or break a political candidate? Former presidential speechwriter, Curt Smith, explains the connection between politics, rhetoric, popular culture, and public speaking. Smith is a senior lecturer in the Department of English, and an acclaimed author, radio/TV host and columnist.
21F.022J International Women's Voices (MIT)
International Women’s Voices has several objectives. It introduces students to a variety of works by contemporary women writers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. The emphasis is on non-western writers. The readings are chosen to encourage students to think about how each author’s work reflects a distinct cultural heritage and to what extent, if any, we can identify a female voice that transcends national cultures. In lectures and readings distribute
Lecture 27 - 11/24/2010
Lecture 27
Lecture 27 - 11/24/2010
Lecture 27
American Government
Upon completion of this course, the student will: Express ideas clearly in writing; Work individually and with classmates to research political issues; Interpret and apply data from original documents such as court cases and bills; Write to persuade with evidence; Develop essay responses that include a clear, defensible thesis statement and supporting evidence; Raise and explore questions about policies, institutions, beliefs, and actions in a political science context; Evaluate secondary materi
From subjects to citizens : society and the everyday state in North India and Pakistan, 1947-1964
This is the website for an AHRC-funded research project which is studying the interaction between state and citizen immediately before and in the two decades following India and Pakistan’s independence in 1947. To date, research has concentrated on the politics high levels of government, and little work has been done on the impact of independence and partition on everyday life. The project aims to focus on “citizen experiences” in the former British Indian provinces of Uttar Pr
Global Pandemics
In his role as a biochemist, Hidde Ploegh explains the "essential features of the lifestyle of the flu virus" discussing not only how viruses work to invade our systems and cause the flu, but also adding insights into the political and societal framework in which public health groups and governments deal with viral disease. <
Lecture 27 - 11/24/2010
Lecture 27
