Listen: How voters view authority speaks volumes about political views
Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics, co-authored by Vanderbilt political scientist Marc Hetherington, focuses on the reasons behind the political realignment of the past several decades. More liberals are voting for Democrats and more conservatives are choosing GOP candidates, Hetherington said.
Advertising students present ideas to TAC
Final Year students of 2006 Advanced Diploma of Business Advertising present ideas for a TAC (Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission) campaign to bring awareness of the dangers of using mobile phones while driving.
Introduction to the Spanish Political Transition and the Reform of the Political System
Introduction to the Spanish Political Transition and the Reform of the Political System
Roundtable Discussion of the Political Economy of the Subprime Crisis
Participants - Ben Rosamond (Warwick, chair); Andrew Gamble (Cambridge); Robert Wade (LSE); Brigitte Young (Muenster). Including question and answer session.
Ideas of heroism and sport
Dr Angie Hobbs discusses the nature of heroism and whether we should consider our sporting men and women as 'heroes'.
Length: 27 mins
Ideas Cafe- The Study of Memory - Sean Hand, Department of French
Sean Hand, Department of French discusses Memory and Memorial within French culture and history.
The translation movement - the spread of ideas
In this episode we explore the importance of the translation movement in defining a tradition of Islamic medicine in the medieval period.
Loads of Lesson Ideas in ICT at Every Year Level
These are a great collection of complete computer lesssons for every year level covering a masss of ICT activities. Really Great stuff for Primary school here. Check it out Author(s):
Leon Mayhew: Framing a new political public
Leon Mayhew, a late 20th century sociologist, argued that public relations professionals, using influence and persuasion, dominate public communication. This lecture examines Mayhew's claims against 21st century public engagement through 'netroots' microb (Running Time 46:56)
Political Economy of Illness, Death and Violence in Yucatecan Maya Society
(ocanto@uady.mx) is a tenured researcher and immediate past director of the
Persistence in Economic and Political Institutions
Most research in political economy starts with the presumption that institutions persist and shape the political-economic interactions of different groups and agents. Many societies, however, experience frequent changes in their political institutions. Certain economic institutions also change. In the face of this picture of frequently changing institutions, do such institutions really persist?
Professor James Robinson, Harvard University, discusses the nature of institutional persistence and e
Community Cafe: Sharing teaching Ideas
Community Cafe: Sharing teaching Ideas
Teaching Ideas in Chinese
Teaching Ideas in Chinese
2.1 Political responses to climate change and the environment
Human societies have to take urgent action to end their dependences on fossil fuels. We have to alter the whole path of our development and decision making in order to make our societies both environmentally adaptable and sustainable. This unit takes on the task of trying to chart some of the ways in which it might be possible.
IDS : Dangerous Ideas in Development
22 April 2009
Political Systems
A collection of downloadable video clips on the theme of Political Systems, with guiding questions for students. Clips are drawn from the following PBS WIDE ANGLE documentaries: "To Have and Have Not" (2002), "A State of Mind" (2003), "Ladies First" (2004), "Border Jumpers" (2005).
Some ideas about the next generation of image manipulation tools
The massive uptake of digital cameras and advances in the science of image analysis are delivering new tools for digital content creation into the hands of the average user. This development is fueled by the growth of image and video content on the internet and the ability of the technology to process very large volumes of image-based information. The tools range from intelligent image and video editing programs to modelling packages for 3D virtual environments such as Google Earth, Grand Theft
Divided We Stand: Political Reflections on the Federal Experiment
Was the federation of the six Australian colonies into a Commonwealth of Australia really such a good idea? What were the alternatives? Might there have been a better way of doing things? The hard and brutal fact is that the Federation in the end was a political compromise; it was a product of some ferocious horse-trading and Canberra is its monument. This lecture looks at the politics - as distinct from the legal and financial aspects - of Australia's federal arrangements. How the politica
Australian-US comparative government and political systems
Dr Hart will explore the main features of the Australian political system through comparison with the United States. He will compare and contrast the struggle of self-government in Australia and the US. He will look at how much Australian politics has been influenced by American was well as British forms of government, particularly focusing on the extent to which the Australian Prime Minister has become ‘presidentialised'. The presentation will also cover the essential differences between
