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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 17.181 (Spring 2006) 
  • Course Title:
  • Sustainable Development: Theory, Research and Policy 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate / Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Political Science 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Nazli Choucri 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 17.181 / 17.182 Sustainable Development: Theory, Research and Policy



    Spring 2006




    Course Highlights


    This course features lecture notes and the mid-term in the exams section.


    Course Description


    This course examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of the notion of "sustainable development." It focuses on the sustainability problems of industrial countries (i.e., aging of populations, sustainable consumption, institutional adjustments, etc.); and of developing states and economies in transition (i.e., managing growth, sustainability of production patterns, pressures of population change, etc.). It also explores the sociology of knowledge around sustainability, the economic and technological dimensions and institutional imperatives along with implications for political constitution of economic performance.
     

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