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SOC404 New Social Movements
Full Course Title:
New Social Movements
Course Code:
SOC404
Course Level/BiH cycle:
I cycle
ECTS credit value:
6
Student work-load:
(Table with hours for: Lectures; Exercise; Other; Individual learning)
For the whole semester:
Length:
Faculty/School/Department:
Lectures
Presentation
Screening,
quiz
Written
Assignments
Individual
learning
TOTAL
45
10
15
20
60
150
Spring 2014
FASS;
SPS
Course leader:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Joseph Kaminski
Contact details:
Office:
F2.20
e-mail:
Office hours:
Anytime
Phone:
jkaminski@ius.edu.ba
Site:
Lectures: IUS main campus building
Host Study Program:
Social and Political Sciences
Course status:
Elective for other study programs
Pre-requisites:
None
Access restrictions:
I cycle students only
Assessment:
Attendance, written assignments, screenings, exams, presentations, final paper.
Date validated:
11 February, 2015
Course aims:
This course will address key theoretical concepts and will also investigate the dynamics
and various elements that make up a social movement. Following our readings on the theoretical
aspects underpinning social movements, we will have an in-class exam that is meant to test your
understanding of the basic points covered in the course. The second half of the course will actually
investigate some specific New Social Movements throughout the world. I will do my best to
remember I am NOT in the United States, and will not only focus on US Social Movements. There
will be a research paper and final as well.
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Learning outcomes:
Indicative syllabus content:
On successful completion of this course IUS student will be able to:
1.
To identify major concepts, definitions and terms related to new social movements
2.
To develop critical and analytical skills in analyzing new social movements
3.
To understand the main similarities and differences between new and old social
movements
4.
To explain new social movements between the United States and various global actors
including China, the Soviet Union, Iran, and Latin America
5.
To understand how the trajectory of new social movements
This course is designed to be an advanced level course that goes in depth and explores the Social
Movements literature. I have structured this course similar to how I would teach a graduate level
course. The only differences are the reading are a little shorter than what I’d assign in a graduate
level class and your paper is shorter (A grad seminar paper would be approx. 20-25 pages; your
papers are 9-12 pages.) For those of you considering graduate studies in Sociology or Political
Science, this course will be a good example of what to expect in the future.
Learning delivery:
This course employs a range of teaching and learning methods such as lecturing, written
assignments, presentations, peer presentation analyses, essays, group debates, screenings, pop
quiz. Students have two hours for lectures and one hour for presentations, debates, screenings and
class discussions every week. Students are expected to attend the classes, do the reading
assignments and participate in class discussions and student debates. Students are also expected to
submit one response paper in addition to one midterm and a final exam. Consultations with the
course instructor during the office hours and by appointment are encouraged.
Assessment Rationale:
Final exam is given at the end and will cover all the course material and class discussions. In order to
attract the attention of the students into the course during the semester, class debates among
students will be organized on weekly basis in addition to one pop quiz, one midterm and one written
assignment. Quiz and midterm will be assessed based on the course material covered until the date.
These exams will encourage the students to study harder during the semester time.
Assessment Weighting:
Attendance, participation and quizzes:
15%
Written Assignment: 25%
Essential Reading:
Midterm:
30%
Final exam:
30%
C. Wright Mills (1959). The Sociological Imagination, Chapter One: The Promise. pages 1-5, which
will be available online at;
https://www.pravo.unizg.hr/_download/repository/C._Wright_Mills_Sociological_Imagination_The
_Promise.pdf
Ovcharchyn-Devitt, et al. (1981). “Approaches towards Social Problems: A
Conceptual Model.” Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2(4): 275-287.
Offe, Claus. 1985. "New Social Movements: Challenging the Boundaries of Institutional Politics,"
Social Research, 52: 817-868.
Rucht, Dieter. (1989). “Environmental Movement Organizations in West Germany and France:
Structure and Interorganizational Relations,” International Social Movement Research, 2: 61-94.
Misztral, Bronislaw. (1992). “Between the State and Solidarity: One Movement, Two
Interpretations - The Orange Alternative Movement in Poland,” The British Journal of Sociology,
43(1): 55-78.
Tarrow, S. (1993). “Cycles of Collective Action: Between Moments of Madness and the Repertoire
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of Contention,” Social Science History 17(2): 281-307.
[Author Unknown]. (2012). “Cyberactivists, Social Media, and the Anti-Mubarak Protests in Egypt,”
in Tkacheva, Schwartz, et. al., (Eds.), Internet Freedom and Political Space. Washington DC: Rand
Corporation. Pp 43-72.
Bayat, A. (2005). “Islamism and Social Movement Theory, Third World Quarterly, 26(6): 891–908.
Kaminski, J. (2014). “Chapter 4: A Starting Point for Considering Bureaucracy, Democracy, The Role
of Women, and Economic Justice in an Islamic State,” in A Theory of a Contemporary Islamic State:
History, Governance, and the Individual. PhD Dissertation: Purdue University. Pp. 1-44 (126-173 in
original document)
*** ALL ARE AVAILABLE FROM PROFESSOR AS .PDF FILES!!!!
Internet web reference:
Important notes:
Plagiarism policy
This course has a strict plagiarism policy. Students who plagiarize will earn a zero on the
assignment and may fail the course. Serious cases of intentional plagiarism (copying
passages or entire papers from the Internet) can result in failing the course. For quoting
and paraphrasing other people’s works, please consult the MLA Guide.
Course policies:
Assignments: Each student should complete their assignment in accordance with the due
date. Regarding the assignments, students take help from the lecturer on office hours.
Lateness in Assignments: The due date and time for each homework assignment is
specified on the course syllabus. Late assignments will not be accepted.
Academic Integrity: Any cheating on examinations or quizzes or offering the work of
another as one's own in an assignment is regarded as a serious offence to the academic
integrity and will lead to a ZERO for the assignment grade, or serious disciplinary actions,
including possible suspension.
Collaboration in Assignments: Students are encouraged to work together to the extent that
it helps promote a productive learning environment for all those involved. However each
student must submit his/her own work. Copied work will earn a ZERO.
Important dates:
Final exam: Final Exam Period
Quality assurance:
IUS QA office methods, student evaluations, last class debate with students, office hour discussions,
student appeals, e-mails, direct (formal) feedback at the end of the semester by students.
Course schedule:
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Week
1
Lesson /
Date
Topics to be
covered
Class activities
Screenings
Written
Readings
Assignments
Learning objectives (After this
lesson, student will be able
to:)
Introduction to
the course
Introduction to the course,
policies and course material
1. Explain the content and the
policies of the course
Discussion of mutual
expectations and responsibilities
2. Know how to consult the
literature for the course
3. Know the requirements of the
course
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3
4
The Sociological
Imagination’Brief review of
Sociology as a
discipline
Lecture and class discussion
and short film clip
New Social
Movements—An
introduction
Lecture and class discussion
and short film clip
Mills article
1. Identify the basic features of
the sociological imagination
2. Understand sociology and
psychology, key differences
Social Problems— Lecture and class discussion
The cause of
and short film clip
Social Movements
Offe- 817-868
1. Understand a new social
movement
2. Know examples of some new
social movements
3. What makes a new social
movement, ‘new’
Ovarcharyn-Devit
1 Understand the key parts of
what is a social problem
2 understand examples social
problems
275-328
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Collective
Lecture and class discussion
Action—
and short film clip
Theory of
Groups and
Group Size and
Behaviour
Olson- Part I and II
1. Understand the theory of
collective action explained by
olson
2. Understand the importance of
group size on behaviors
Collective
Lecture and class discussion
Action—Labor and short film clip
Unions and
Theory of
Social Class
and the State
Olson Part III and IV
1 Understand labor unions
2 Understand theories of class
relations and how such relations
impact new social movements
Collective
Action—
Pressure
Groups and
‘Special
Interests’
Theories
Lecture and class discussion
and short film clip
Olson Part V and VI
1 understand what a pressure
group is, how they function, and
their overall goals
2 Define what is a ‘special
interest’ group
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Midterm
Week
EXAM
9
The
Structuring of
Protest
Lecture and class discussion
and short film clip
5
6
7
STUDY
Piven and Cloward, 1 understand why piven argues
social movements in the US are
Chapter 1 and 2
rare
2 understand the circumstances
that allow for social movements
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12
13
Collective
Action as
Cyclical
Lecture and class discussion
and short film clip
Tarrow 281-307
1 understand the difference
between cyclical and linear time
2 understand why tarrow sees
collective action as cyclical
3 understand what ‘a repertoire’
of action is
The Civil
Rights
Movement in
the United
States
Lecture and class discussion
and short film clip
Piven, Ch. 4- 181263
1 Understand the main actors in
the civil rights movement in the
US
2 understand why is it
considered a new social
movement
Rucht 61-94
1 understand the causes for the
environmentalist movements in
western Europe in the 1980s
2 understand the impact of the
fall of communism on social
movements in general
Mistral 55-78
1 understand the solidarity
movement
2 understand the forces that
galvanized opposition to
communism in Poland
3 Understand what made the
case of Poland unque
The
Lecture and class discussion
Environmental and short film clip
Movement in
Western
Europe in the
late 1980’s
The Polish
Lecture and class discussion
opposition to and short film clip
Communism—
Between the
State and
Solidarity
Written
Assignment
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Opposition to Lecture and class discussion
the US Wars in and short film clip
Iraq
Meyer, 327-344
1 understand the basic reasons
for the US invasion Iraq
2 understand the various groups
that organized the opposition
movement to the wars in Iraq
3 understand the differences in
public perception between the
1991 Iraq war and the post 9/11
war in Iraq.
Contemporary Lecture and class discussion
and short film clip
Islamism and
Social
Movements
Bayat, 891-908
Kaminski, 1-44
1 Understand why Islamic
political movements are often
ignored by the west
2 understand the differences
between the goals and aspiration
of national based vs
transnational based islamist
movements.
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