Global Social Movements

Fall 2018-19

Alison Denton Jones

Location: William James 350
Meeting Time: Tuesday 12:00-2:45pm*

Social movements are often considered a driving force behind political, social, and cultural change. This course explores the major conceptual models and empirical approaches used in the social sciences to understand social movements. The course will examine a range of case studies from around the globe, including movements dealing with human rights, economic and environmental justice, and armed revolutions. Particular attention will be paid to transnational activism. This is a junior tutorial.

*Most weeks, the course will meet 12:30-2:45pm. There will be approximately 3 weeks in the semester when the course will meet the full 2:45 minutes from 12-2:45pm. See the syllabus for details.

Note: This course will be lotteried and is limited to 10 students. Preference given to Social Studies juniors. Anyone who wishes to enroll must enter the lottery by turning in a form in the Social Studies Department by 10 am on Wednesday, Sept. 5th. More information and lottery form available here: Link

There is no course meeting the first week. Instead, Social Studies holds short Info Sessions for all junior tutorials on Tuesday, Sept. 4th between 4-6p. The Info Session for Global Social Movements will be from 4-4:30pm. The first course meeting will be on Tuesday, Sept. 11th and is a full, required class.

SOC-STD 98JL: Global Social Movements