Overview
Description
Analysis of the social bases of collective behavior and social movements. Examination of social, political, religious and popular movements.
Requirements
Prerequisites
SOC 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO10, CO11
Related Courses
Cross Listed With SOC 345
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate how issues of equity and justice motivate many social movements.
- explain how identities relating to class, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. shape social movements.
- apply various theoretical perspectives to questions surrounding the formation and perpetuation of social movements, with attention to how diversity and equity play a role.
- identify major social movements in countries other than the United States, and analyze their unique motives, strategies, and structural constraints.
- describe and analyze how social movements have altered the political landscape throughout the world and shaped global social relations.
- explain how social movements today extend beyond national boundaries and become, in effect, global social movements.