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The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq

Offered By: Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MIT OpenCourseWare

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Course Description

Overview

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.

Syllabus

  • Planning, Politics and the Idea of Post-Conflict Reconstruction
  • Stakeholders of Post-Conflict Reconstruction
  • The U.S. Reconstruction Agenda and Projects in Iraq
  • The U.S. Post-September 11 Reconstruction Agenda
  • Social and Political Background for Reconstruction: Politics and Society in Iraq in the 20-21st Century

Taught by

Prof. Yosef Jabareen

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