SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

POLI326

Course Code: POLI326
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Erdem Damar

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

identify, properly use and analytically implement fundamental concepts and logics of (contemporary) social movement theories in analysing particular social movement cases;
analytically and critically assess the history of social movement theories as well as underlying issues leading to diversification and development of various social movement theories;
gain the critical skill in analysing recent issues, challenges and debates on social movements as well as their conditions of emergence;
analytically distinguish social movements from other non-state actors such as pressure groups and civil society organizations;
gain to ability to move back-and-forth between social movement theories and specific (contextual and empirical) social movement cases in order to develop analytical, critical and to some extent generalizable arguments about these social movement cases; and
have an ability and knowledge on characterising different themes (gender, religion, environment, energy, peace, human rights, etc.) and axes (local, national, regional, global, confrontational, assimilative, etc.) regarding the facilitation and operation of social movements in different parts of the world.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

This course explores the origins, dynamics, and impacts of social movements across various historical and contemporary contexts. We will examine theoretical frameworks, analyze case studies, and discuss the role of social movements in shaping political, social, and cultural change. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically assess the strategies, successes, and challenges faced by social movements.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Course
2^nd Week	An Introduction to Social Movements
3^rd Week	Social Movement Theories: An Overview
4^th Week	Collective Behavior Theory
5^th Week	Resource Mobilization Theory
6^th Week	The Political Process Model
7^th Week	Mıdterm Exam
8^th Week	New Social Movement Theories
9^th Week	New Social Movement Theories ? How Novel?
10^th Week	Framing and Collective Identity
11^th Week	Emotions in Social Movements
12^th Week	Prefigurative Movements
13^th Week	Transnational Activisms
14^th Week	The Zapatista Movement

Recommended or Required Reading

Snow DA, Soule SA, Kriesi H and McCammon HJ (2004) Introduction: Mapping and opening up the terrain. In: Snow DA et al (eds) Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 1-16.
Tarrow S (2011) Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1.
Rule J (1988) Theories of Civil Violence. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Chapter 3.
McCarthy JD and Zald MN (1977) Resource mobilization and social movements: A partial theory. American Journal of Sociology 82(6): 1212-1241.
McAdam D (1982) Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapters 2, 3, and 4.
Buechler SM (1995) New social movement theories. The Sociological Quarterly 36(3):441-464.
Calhoun C (1993) 'New social movements' of the early nineteenth century. Social Science History 17(3): 385?427.
Snow DA and Benford RD (1988) Ideology, frame resonance, and participant mobilization. International Social Movement Research 1(1): 197-217.
Polletta F and Jasper JM (2001) Collective identity and social movements. Annual Review of Sociology 27: 283-305.
Jasper JM (1998) The Emotions of protest: Affective and reactive emotions in and around social movements. Sociological Forum 13(3): 397.424.
Maeckelbergh M (2011) Doing is believing: Prefiguration as strategic practice in the alterglobalization movement. Social Movement Studies 10(1): 1-20.
Stahler-Sholk R (2010) The Zapatista social movement: Innovation and sustainability. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 35(3): 269-90.
Tarrow S (2005) The New Transnational Activism. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 3.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1.5	1.5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	2	20	40
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework	1	7	7
Total Work Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

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