In-class discussion of the readings and your homeworkġ. Thursday Morris, The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement, Introduction plus Chapters 1-3 Note: to minimize time waiting for reserve material as well as paper wastage, only one paper copy of electronically available articles will be made available outside my office. These two web-based journal article archives are linked to the Reed College Library web page ( ). Please note that most journal articles are available through JSTOR or Project Muse. Copies of these books and other readings have also been placed on reserve in the library. To minimize cost, the bookstore has tried to order affordable used copies. Cloward, Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail The following books can be purchased through the College bookstore:ĭoug McAdam, Political Process and the Development of Black InsurgencyĪldon Morris, The Origins of the Civil Rights MovementĪrmstrong, Elizabeth, Forging Gay Identitiesįrances Fox Piven and Richard A. Dates and topics are provided below, and supplementary information will be distributed in class before each paper is due. You will also be asked to submit two reports, one a self-evaluation of your own research paper draft, the other a reader’s response evaluating a partner’s research paper on a related topic. Written assignments begin with two short 4-5 page papers and culminate with a longer final paper (roughly 15 pages in length). Your written work will examine a set of social movement organizations in light of course readings and library research. Requirements: Active and full participation in conference, and 3 papers as well as two peer editing reports. Among the perspectives reviewed will be classical approaches (collective behavior, Marxism) as well as more recent perspectives that focus on resource mobilization, political opportunities, networks, the media, and "new" social movements. Through a review of case studies of various movements (e.g., principally, the civil rights movement, but also women’s liberation, anti-war, environmentalism, and transnational human rights activism), we will identify key analytical questions and research strategies for studying factors that influence a social movement’s emergence, tactics, and ability to achieve its goals. What is a social movement? Under what economic, social and political conditions do they typically arise? Is it more beneficial for social movement activists to focus their energy on developing stable organizational centers and strong alliances with elites who work "within the system" rather than on mobilizing protests? Are social movements really becoming transnational? The goal of this course is to answer these and other questions by introducing you to classical sociological theories and current sociological research on social movements. Office Hours CC 223 W&F 2-3:00 and by appointment
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