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| Code | POLS312 |
| Name | Social Movements |
| Term | 2024-2025 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
(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
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Resources
Manuel Castells, The Power of Identity. Oxford: Blackwell.
Notes
Alberto Melucci. Challengin Codes. Cambridge.
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. |
| LO05 | Anaylzes the impact of social movements on international politics. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explain the basic concepts and theories within the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations. | 5 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Understands the methodologies used in the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Gains the ability to follow, interpret and apply problem-solving techniques focused on problem solving in different social fields of international and national dimension. | |
| PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Questions traditional approaches, practices and methods, develop and apply new working methods when necessary. | 3 |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Recognize/apply social, scientific and professional ethical values. | 3 |
| PLO06 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Takes responsibility, leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team. | |
| PLO07 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Being aware of the necessity of lifelong learning, follows the current developments in the field and improves himself/herself. | |
| PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | To be able to use Turkish and at least one foreign language in accordance with the requirements of academic life and business life. | |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Analyzes data related to social sciences. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Define and analyze political, economic and social problems of international, regional and national context. | 4 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Gains critical thinking skills in the field of social sciences. |
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 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 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. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 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. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 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. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 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 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 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. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 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. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 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. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 9 | Global Social Movements | Manuel Castells, Networks of Outrage and Hope Polity, 2012 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 10 | Presentations-1 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Grup Çalışması |
| 11 | Presentations-2 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Grup Çalışması |
| 12 | Presentations-3 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Grup Çalışması |
| 13 | Presentations-4 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Grup Çalışması |
| 14 | Presentations-5 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Grup Çalışması |
| 15 | Presentations-6 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Grup Çalışması |
| 16 | Term Exams | Exam | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
| 17 | Term Exams | Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
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 | ||