POLS312 Social Movements

5 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- 6. Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Unit FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PR. (ENGLISH)
Code POLS312
Name Social Movements
Term 2019-2020 Academic Year
Semester 6. Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 5 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 Doç. Dr. MARELLA BODUR ÜN (Bahar) (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

This course focuses on social movements - one of the basic concepts employed to make sense of national and global political, economic, cultural and social processes and transformations.

Course Content

This course focuses on the emergence and development of social movements in local, national and global levels. It also looks at different theories that explain and understand social movements.

Course Precondition

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Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Identifies different conceptualizations of social movements.
LO02 Identify and analyze different social movement theories.
LO03 Analyze the emergence and development of social movements employing different social movement theories.
LO04 Identify and analyze different local, national and global social movements.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction Manuel Castells, The Power of Identity. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997. Manuel Castells, Networks of Outrage and Hope Polity, 2012
2 Social movements: different conceptualizations David Meyer, Protest and Political Process in Kate Nash and Alan Scott (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
3 Resource Mobilization Theory D. McCarthy and M.N. Zald, Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory, American Journal of Sociology 82, 6 (1977): 1212-1241.
4 Political Process Model Sidney Tarrow, Introduction and Chapter 1 in Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective and Politics. Cambridge UP, 1994, pp.1-27.
5 Political Opportunity Structures and Framing H.P. Kitschelt, Political Opportunity Structures and Political Protest: Anti-Nuclear Movements in Four Democracies, British Journal of Political Science 16 (1986): 57-85
6 New Social Movements 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.
7 Social Movements and the Media Jennifer Earl, Jayson Hunt, and R. Kelly Garrett, Social Movements and the ICT Revolution in Hein-Anton van der Heijden (ed.), Handbook of Political Citizenship and Social Movements, Edward Elgar, 2014, pp.359-383.
8 Mid-Term Exam Q. Wiktorowicz, Introduction: Islamic Activism and Social Movement Theory in Q. Wiktorowicz, Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach, pp. 1-33.
9 Global Social Movements Manuel Castells, Networks of Outrage and Hope Polity, 2012
10 Presentations Research
11 Presentations Research
12 Presentations Research
13 Presentations Research
14 Presentations Research
15 Presentations Research
16 Term Exams Exam
17 Term Exams Exam


Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria

Assessment Type Midterm / Year Impact End of Term / End of Year Impact
1. Midterm Exam 100 20
General Assessment
Midterm / Year Total 100 20
1. Final Exam - 80
Grand Total - 100


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 20 20
Total Workload (Hour) 134
Total Workload / 25 (h) 5,36
ECTS 5 ECTS

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