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SOC 246

Social Movements
SOC 246 SP

Crosslistings: AMST226
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Next Offered in 9798 SP

What kinds of conditions prompt people to organize for change? What kinds of social factors enable them to organize effectively? What kinds of strategies do they employ? The course will look at major theories of social change and consider movements based on class, race, gender, ethnicity and other forms of collective identity.

MAJOR READINGS


Aldon Morris, ORIGINS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Alice Echols, DARING TO BE BAD
John D'Emilio, SEXUAL POLITICS, SEXUAL COMMUNICATION: THE
MAKING OF A HOMOSEXUAL MINORITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Frances Fox Piven & Richard Cloward, POOR PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS
Morris & Mueller, FRONTIERS IN SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four short papers (2-3 pages) on course topics and a research paper, 12-15 pages long.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC

Prerequisites: SOC 151

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997



About the Photo:

sixties demonstration

Reference:

Albert, Judith Clavir and Stewart Edward Albert. THE SIXTIES PAPERS: DOCUMENTS OF A REBELLIOUS DECADE. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984



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