Contentious Politics and Social Movements - 35504 - POLS 4896 - 802 | ||||||||||||||
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Notes: Permission of major coordinator required. Topical Course Description: This seminar examines how ordinary citizens attempt to influence political decision-making in national and global politics. Citizens may organize street demonstrations, join political strikes, occupy buildings, and start hunger strikes. They also can use more contentious and violent forms of protest and resistance such as insurgencies and armed rebellions. In this seminar, students will study different modes of protest, passive or active, collective or individual, through a discussion of theories of contentious politics and social movements. Students will be exposed to various case studies ranging from revolutions in the 20th century to the Arab Spring in the 21st century. By the end of the semester, students will write a research paper on a specific case of contentious politics or social movements.
![]() Associated Term: 2018 Spring Registration Dates: Nov 01, 2017 to Jan 19, 2018 Registration Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Special Approval: Major Coordinator - JPN ONLY Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Japan Campus Base Lecture Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 1
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