| Call Number | 10957 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
T 10:10am-12:00pm To be announced |
| Points | 4 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | David Knight |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Social movements are sustained challenges against authorities that aim at reforming or revolutionizing dominant institutions, changing public opinion, or transforming personal behavior. This seminar focuses on theoretical perspectives and empirical research on the dynamics of broad-based social and political movements. The aim is to evaluate dominant conceptual models that have animated the study of social movements and contention across time and space, with an emphasis on the interplay of organizational, political and cultural processes. Emphasis is on macro- and meso-level dynamics, with little attention to the microfoundations of collective action and movement mobilization. A second objective is to gain some familiarity with common methodological approaches in social movement analysis and evaluate new theoretical and empirical directions in social movement research. Empirical cases are drawn mainly from the U.S. but you will have the opportunity to explore a wider range of cases in your independent work for the course. This elective seminar is intended for graduate students in sociology who want to gain basic familiarity with key debates and approaches in the subfield of collective action and social movements, which has grown exponentially in the wake of the 1960s protest wave that animated a paradigm shift in the field. Participants can use the course as an opportunity to develop a research proposal or field statement or to explore a theoretical or empirical puzzle by diving deeper into a single case study. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Sociology |
| Enrollment | 11 students (20 max) as of 11:06AM Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
| Subject | Sociology |
| Number | GR6081 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Interfaculty |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Section key | 20243SOCI6081G001 |