Social movements are reflections of particular processes in a country or a region situated in the context of their historical backgrounds, cultures, socio-economic and political structures. Efforts to understand the complex processes involved in evolution and development of social movements entail the complexity of diverse factors, domestic or global, and sometimes both. This course is designed to define and understand social movements in general with examples throughout modern history and also with reference to contentious politics and collective action. The class hours will be comprised of approaches which study theoretical explanations to social movements in general, as well as their specific evolutions through time, geography, context and actors involved.
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Class orientation, overview of syllabus and brief introduction to course
lecture
2. Week
“Introduction”, pp.1-9 in Tarrow.S, Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press, 2003
lecture
3. Week
“Contentious Politics and Social Movements”, pp. 10-25 in Tarrow.S, Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
“Introduction: The Art of Presence”, pp.1-26 in Bayat.A, Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East, Stanford Univ, 2010
lecture
4. Week
“Modular Collective Action, The Birth of the Modern Social Movement”, pp. 29-42 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
lecture
5. Week
“Print and Association”, pp. 43-53 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
“Editor’s Note”, pp. 9-19 in Chomsky, N., Occupy, Penguin Books, 2012
“Print and Association”, pp. 43-53 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
“Editor’s Note”, pp. 9-19 in Chomsky, N., Occupy, Penguin Books, 2012
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6. Week
“State Building and Social Movements”, pp. 54-67 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
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7. Week
“From Contention to Social Movements: Political Opportunities and Constraints”, pp. 71-90 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
“Ideology, Discourse and Learning”, pp. 14-26 in Foley,G., Learning in Social Action: A Contribution to Understanding Informal Education, St Martin’s Press, NY, 1999
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8. Week
“Acting Contentiously”, pp 91-105 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
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9. Week
“Framing Contention”, pp. 106-122 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
II, pp. 35-56 in Arendt.H, On Violence, A Harvest Book Harcourt, Inc. Orlando, 1970
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10. Week
“Mobilizing Structures and Contentious Politics”, pp. 123-138 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
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11. Week
“The Dynamics of Movement: Cycles of Contention”, pp. 141-160 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
Krastev, Ivan., Democracy Disrupted: The Politics of Global Protest, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
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12. Week
“Struggling to Reform”, pp. 161-176 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
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13. Week
“Transnational Contention”, pp. 176-196 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
“Learning in a Green Campaign”, pp. 27-46 in Foley,G., Learning in Social Action: A Contribution to Understanding Informal Education, St Martin’s Press, NY, 1999
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14. Week
“The Future of Social Movements”, pp. 196-210 in Tarrow.S., Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Cambridge Univ, 2003
“Occupy: Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture”, pp.23-51 in Chomsky, N., Occupy, Penguin Books, 2012
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Final
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Final
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17. Week
Final
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Midterm(s)
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30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
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10
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
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50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To identify and use theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations.
PO-2
To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-3
To acknowledge ethical and scientific responsibilities of data collection, evaluation and publication.
PO-4
To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations.
PO-5
To use a second language at an intermediate level.
PO-6
To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-7
To analyze, compare and relate International Relations with theories and practices of different associate departments and their sub-fields and to offer suggestions by combining these fields.
PO-8
To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions.
PO-9
To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-10
To theoretically and practically examine different events and facts in International Relations and Foreign Policy and to interpret their past, present, and future through a scientific perspective.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To analyze the theories of collective contentious action and social movement, in parallel with their real life projections.
LO-2
To illustrate why social movements have manifested in different schemes in diverse geographies of the globe; and understands the structural approaches to diversity.
LO-3
To evaluate the concept of social movement from within the Western political science literature, follows its development tracing the Western social and politicsl history
LO-4
To analyze a social movement through individual research project where she/he explores a real life case by studying its backdrop, its development through opportunities and consraints, social network and organization structures, its repertoire and framing.
LO-5
To analyze and differentiates the concepts of collective action and social movement
