Utopian Hope and Apocalyptic Religion
Editor's note: The original event recording started slightly after the beginning of the introduction by Professor Lord Meghnad Desai. Where does the utopian impulse in politics originate, and does it have a future? John Gray argues that though they often claimed to be rooted in a scientific analysis of history and society the revolutionary political movements of the past were informed by a utopian vision which derives from religion. Is the age of secular utopianism over, and if so how will relig
Financial Reform in China: what next?
Three of China's big four banks are now quoted on the Hong Kong exchange. Full World Trade Organisation membership is around the corner but some in China are now calling for a halt in the reform programme. What can we expect in the next year?
Asia Forum 2006 Session Two : Governance
Discussions were led by LSE academics: Professor Danny Quah, Head of Economics Department; Dr Razeen Sally, senior lecturer in international political economy and head of the international trade policy unit and Professor Robert Wade, professor of political economy and development at DESTIN. Other speakers included: Sheila Dikshit, chief minister of Delhi; Nandan M Nilekani, chief executive officer of Infosys; Mr Sun Yuxi, Chinese Ambassador to India, and Dr YV Reddy, governor of the Reserve Bank
Asia Forum 2006 Session One : Reform
Discussions were led by LSE academics: Professor Danny Quah, Head of Economics Department; Dr Razeen Sally, senior lecturer in international political economy and head of the international trade policy unit and Professor Robert Wade, professor of political economy and development at DESTIN. Other speakers included: Sheila Dikshit, chief minister of Delhi; Nandan M Nilekani, chief executive officer of Infosys; Mr Sun Yuxi, Chinese Ambassador to India, and Dr YV Reddy, governor of the Reserve Bank
Psychology as Social Science
This talk considers what it means to approach psychology as a 'social' science in a specific sense - that is to say it sketches out an approach to the analysis of the part that psychology - its languages, techniques, forms of expertise, self-technologies - played across the twentieth century in the development of social-welfare rationalities and technologies of government.
Positions, Activities and Organisations: strategy, from conception to implementation
This is the first in a series of lectures to mark the establishment of LSE's Department of Management.Professor Garicano will discuss how recent advances in the economic analysis of the internal organisation of firms allow for a deeper study of the organisational consequences of positioning choices, and thus permit a more complete understanding of strategy implementation'.
Europe, Migration and Globalisation - What About the Workers?
John Monks will explore the prospects for workers in a world increasingly dominated by the free movement of capital and the increased movement of goods and people. Who wins, who loses?; Is free movement dangerous to workers?; Is a return to protectionism on the cards? What should be the trade union, Government and EU approaches to globalisation?
The Islamic Republic of Iran After 30 Years
Thirty years after the fall of the Shah of Iran and the advent of Ayatollah Khomeini to power, the Iranian revolution continues to exert a dynamic ideological and political influence across the Middle East. In a retrospective analysis of the revolutionary period itself, some of whose decisive moments he witnessed at first hand, and of the subsequent development of the Islamic Republic Professor Fred Halliday will attempt to set these dramatic events in context, as much that of the comparative st
Do Tax Havens Cause Poverty?
Defenders of tax havens argue they provide vital financial services for international trade, and that most comply with money-laundering regulations and have juridical co-operation treaties. This panel will explore the issues surrounding tax havens, in particular their impacts on poor people.
Progressive state reformers v ideological state retrenchers: framing the electoral choice between La
With less than a year to go before the next general election there is an urgent need for progressive policy debate and discussion in the Labour party to show it has the ideas necessary to meet the social, economic and political challenges of the next decade. Peter Mandelson, one of the government's key figures, will launch Progress's autumn lecture series by setting out how he sees the political divide between the main parties. Lord Mandelson is First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for B
MILDT 2010 – Rappel du cadre légal en matière de drogues et de vente d’alcool aux mineurs.
Thème : plan gouvernemental de lutte contre les drogues et les toxicomanies 2008-2011. MILDT (Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre la Drogue et les Toxicomanies.
Formation interministérielle des formateurs en matière de drogues et de toxicomanies.
Session interministérielle visant la création d’une culture commune aux différents acteurs de l’Etat.
9 au 12 mars Ecole Militaire 1 place Joffre – 75007 Paris. Amphithéâtre Sabatier.
Titre : MILDT 2010
The Digital Design Process - Reflections on a Single Design Case
CAD tools are increasing their expressive and geometric power to enable a design process in which the computer model can be used throughout the whole design process for realizing the design. Such a process, in which other media such as physical scale models or drawings are no longer required by necessity to facilitate the design process, can be considered a digital design process. Rather than proposing that such a process is ideal ? drawings and scale models should not be discarded ? we feel tha
Online Science-athon: The Marble Roll
The Online Science-athon offers elementary and middle-grade students opportunities to discover the science in their daily lives. Presented as challenges, the Science-athon asks students to investigate their world in ways that are engaging and fun, easy for teachers to incorporate into their teaching, and instructive. Students doing the Marble Roll select a strip of material that is 61 cm (24 inches) in length to use as a ramp. Then they determine how to maximize the distance their marble rolls a
Смена на променливата во неопределениот интеграл
Liljana Stefanovska
Се прикажуваат повеќе смени на променливата во решавање на неопределениот интеграл.
The method of substitution of the variable in non proper integral is shown.
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Lecture 32 - 11/17/2010
Lecture 32
Lecture 24 - 11/17/2010
Lecture 24
Lecture 16 - 11/18/2010
Lecture 16
Klartext 2010-11-11
På torsdagen handlade Klartext om den allvarliga krisen för partiet Socialdemokraterna. Professor Ulf Bjereld berättade vad han tror att krisen beror på. Klartext berättade också att den misstänkte våldtäkts-mannen i Örebro har erkänt alla de 7 överfall han är misstänkt för.
1.7.1 Protein balance
This Unit studies 'proteins'. Starting with a simple analysis of the molecular make up, the Unit moves on to look at the importance of protein and how they are digested and absorbed
Lecture 16 - 11/18/2010
Lecture 16
