2009
Feb 10
I: Party politics and social change (Rob)
I: Corporate responsibility (Dylan)
Feb 16
Reading week – No Class
Feb 24
W: activist campaigns (Don?)
W: Media and activism (Suzanne?)
Readings: Giugni, 1997, 2008
Mar 3
T: Agency, resistance: food (Colin)
T: Outcomes of social movements
Friedland, 2008; Long, 2008
Mar 10
T. Environmental justice (Addisalem)
I: Food justice (John)
Readings: Allen 2008
Mar 17
I: Transnational: La Via Campesina (*)
I: Fair-trade (Curt)
Readings: Saturnino and Borras 2008; Shrek 2008
Previous Classes
Jan 6
Course organization
Jan 13
W: What is activism brainstorm
T: Marx, Gramsci, and social action
Readings: Rupert 2003
Jan 20
Topic: Habermas, Foucault and social action; Social movements
Readings: Flyvbjerg 1998; Edelman, 2001
Jan 27
Topic: Anarchism and social change
Workshop: Violence, pacifism, and social change
Readings: Highleyman, 1995; Churchill, 2003
Feb 3
Workshop: Consensus decision-making (speaker)
Topic: Evolution of social movement theory (breaking down, resource mobilization,)
Readings: Useem, 1998; Jenkins, 1983
Colin :
Thank you. This is a great move in transcending the four walls of the classroom! This site is really good. The pictures are relevant and i hope many people can benefit through this site.You are really appreciated.
Thumbs up!
-Babawale.
By: Babawale Odunuga on January 20, 2009
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