SOC127 Social movement

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Viktor Piorecký (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 U53
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(30)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
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Course objectives
Social movements are integral phenomena of contemporary societies. As active agents, they enter the construction of everyday reality and affect dynamics of social development at the global as well as local level. Especially within approximately last 15 years, extremely complex process of social movements activization have appeared with the objective of alternative definition of globalization and shape of late modern societies. After this course, students will be able to orient themselves within theoretical approaches to social movements and different types of approaches to them. They will also be equipped for independent study of social movements.
Syllabus
  • Basic Conceptualization
  • "Classical" approaches to social movements
  • Contemporary approaches to social movements (resource mobilization, political opportunities, social constructivism, new social movements theory)
  • Question of Identity
  • Knowledge, discourse, ideology
  • Social movements in the age of globalization and informational revolution
  • Alter-globalization movement I. - introduction
  • Alter-globalization movement II. - "parallelogram of forces", "movement of the movements", or "multitude"
  • Future of social movements
Literature
  • BUECHLER, Steven M. Social movements in advanced capitalism : the political economy and cultural construction of social activism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, xiii, 240. ISBN 0-19-512603-3. info
Assessment methods
8 position papers based on compulsory reading, 1800 words essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009.
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