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| Unit | FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PR. (ENGLISH) | |
| Code | POLS410 |
| Name | Global Social Movements |
| Term | 2018-2019 Academic Year |
| Semester | 8. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | İngilizce |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. MARELLA BODUR ÜN |
| Course Instructor |
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.
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Course Goal / Objective
This course focuses on global social movements - one of the main actors affecting national and global political, economic, cultural and social processes and transformations in a global world.
Course Content
This course focuses on 1) the nature of the social movements within the framework of different intellectual traditions and social movements theories, 2) effects of global social movements on the economic, political, cultural and social transformations 3) anti-globalization movements. We will look at the different theoretical frameworks used to explain the origin and goal of social movements. We will also look at several case-studies and examples of different global social movements.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Identify and analyze different global social movement theories. |
| LO02 | Identify and analyze different global social movements and their affects on global processes. |
| LO03 | Explore the nature of global social movements within the framework of different intellectual traditions and social movements theories. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Manuel Castells, Networks of Outrage and Hope Polity, 2012. J. Smith. Social Movements for Global Democracy. Johns Hopkins UP, 2008 | |
| 2 | Social Movements | David Meyer, Protest and Political Process in Kate Nash and Alan Scott (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, Blackwell Publishing, 2004. | |
| 3 | Social Movement Theories I | D. McCarthy and M.N. Zald. 1977. Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory, American Journal of Sociology 82, 6 (1977): 1212-1241. Sidney Tarrow, Introduction and Chapter 1 in Power in Movement. Cambridge UP, 1994, pp.1-27. | |
| 4 | Social Movement Theories II | Alberto Melucci, A Strange Kind of Newness in E. Larana, H. Johnston and J. Gusfield (eds.) New Social Movements: from Ideology to Identity. Temple UP, 1994 | |
| 5 | Social Movements and Old and New Media | Zeynep Tüfekçi, Social Movements and Governments in the Digital Age: Evaluating a Complex Landscape, Journal of International Affairs, Fall/Winter 2014, vol.68, no.1, pp.1-17. | |
| 6 | Global Social Movements I | Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink (1998). Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Cornell UP, chps. 1, 2. | |
| 7 | Global Social Movements II - Opposing Neoliberal Globalization | Smith, Globalizing Resistance. The Battle of Seattle and the Future of Social Movements, Mobilization, 6 (1), 2001, pp. 1-20. | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | . Tarrow (2005), The New Transnational Activism, Transnational Impact on Domestic Activism and Transnational Activism and Internationalization, pp. 161-182 and 183-200. | |
| 9 | Social Movements as Globalizers | Jackie Smith, Promoting Multilateralism. Social Movements and the UN System in Social Movements for Global Democracy, Johns Hopkins Press, 2008, pp. 89-107. | |
| 10 | Student Presentations | Research | |
| 11 | Student Presentations | Research | |
| 12 | Student Presentations | Research | |
| 13 | Student Presentations | Research | |
| 14 | Student Presentations | Research | |
| 15 | Student Presentations | Research | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Exam | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Exam |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 26 | 26 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 140 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 5,60 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||