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70 Governance and Society Courses

Social Computing

University of California San Diego

People are social creatures and the modern Internet reflects that. Technology has made collaboration at a distance possible in new ways that present their own set...

Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners

Columbia University

In the U.S., social policy accounts for two-thirds of government spending. Knowing how policies are constructed, what values underlie them, and how they succeed...

The Making of US Foreign Policy

O.P. Jindal Global University

Welcome to The Making of US Foreign Policy course! This course seeks to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the United States’ Foreign Policy (USFP)....

The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future

University of Copenhagen

In 2015, the UN launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by 193 member states, the goals represent an important international step in setting...

Transformación digital de Gobiernos

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Esta especialización se dirige especialmente a todas las personas involucradas con la transformación digital de los Gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe, a...

Understanding Europe: Why It Matters and What It Can Offer You

HEC Paris

Regardless of where you live, the European Union not only affects your life, but may also transform it. By learning how Europe works, a new world will open up to...

Understanding Korean Politics

Yonsei University

This course will select six most outstanding issues in contemporary Korean politics and will engage in an in-depth, interactive inquiry of those issue. They include...

US Social Services: Where did they come from?

Columbia University

The course probes the formation of social policy in the United States from its very first cultural and religious roots. Starting with the transition from hunter-gatherer...

Villes africaines I: Introduction à la planification urbaine

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Le cours permet d'apprendre les bases de la planification urbaine à travers ses dimensions techniques, environnementales, sociales, économiques et symboliques....

Villes africaines: Mobilités et transports urbains

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Les villes africaines, en particulier les grandes agglomérations, sont marquées depuis la 2ème moitié du XXème siècle par une croissance démographique et...

Violence Against Healthcare

University of Geneva

At the global level, there are many countries marked by violence affecting health care. The 'Health care in danger' project aims to establish practical measures...

Violencias por razones de género

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

En este curso identificarás los factores que promueven las violencias por razones de género como causa y consecuencia de las desigualdades estructurales y sistemáticas....

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 1: Understanding Complex Problems

University of Manchester

Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not...

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2: Developing Effective Interventions

University of Manchester

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2 is our second MOOC in a two-part sequence, and looks at ‘Developing Effective Interventions’....

إدارة الفعاليات | Events Management

Alfaisal University | KLD

لقد أصبح مجال صناعة وتنظيم الفعاليات من المجالات التي ازداد الطلب عليها كثيراً في العقود...

家庭社会学导论

Peking University

家庭是个体在人生经历中接触最早、生活在其中时间最长的社会生活群体。但是家庭生活的和谐是需要人生的智慧的。因为家庭是是社会的一个因子,所以家庭又是我们观察和了解社会的窗口,而只有真正了解了社会,我们也才有可能处理好家庭中发生的种种问题。学习家庭社会学,实用的方面,就是要在掌握家庭社会学的理论、研究方法和基本概念,认识家庭在社会影响下自身演变的规律的基础上,提升自己的社会洞察力和人生智慧,从而获得对家庭真谛和家庭生活真谛的领会与体悟,在为自己谋取家庭生活的幸福的同时也为社会的安定贡献一份力量。...