POLS410 Global Social Movements

6 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- 8. Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Unit FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PR.
Code POLS410
Name Global Social Movements
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester 8. Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language İngilizce
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Label E Elective
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Doç. Dr. MARELLA BODUR ÜN
Course Instructor
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.


Course Goal / Objective

This course focuses on global social movements - one of the main actors affecting national and global political, economic, cultural and social processes and transformations in a global world.

Course Content

This course focuses on 1) the nature of the social movements within the framework of different intellectual traditions and social movements theories, 2) effects of global social movements on the economic, political, cultural and social transformations 3) anti-globalization movements. We will look at the different theoretical frameworks used to explain the origin and goal of social movements. We will also look at several case-studies and examples of different global social movements.

Course Precondition

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Resources

D. Della Porta and Sidney Tarrow (2004). Transnational Protest and Global Activism. Rowman and Littlefield.

Notes

Alberto Melucci. Challenging Codes. Cambridge.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Identify and analyze different global social movement theories.
LO02 Analyze different the effects of global social movements on global processes.
LO03 Explore the nature of global social movements within the framework of different intellectual traditions and social movements theories.
LO04 Identify the concepts developed to analyze global social movements.
LO05 Identifies different global social movements.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Explain the basic concepts and theories within the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations. 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Understands the methodologies used in the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations. 4
PLO03 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Gains the ability to follow, interpret and apply problem-solving techniques focused on problem solving in different social fields of international and national dimension. 4
PLO04 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Questions traditional approaches, practices and methods, develop and apply new working methods when necessary. 4
PLO05 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Recognize/apply social, scientific and professional ethical values. 3
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Takes responsibility, leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team.
PLO07 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Being aware of the necessity of lifelong learning, follows the current developments in the field and improves himself/herself.
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik To be able to use Turkish and at least one foreign language in accordance with the requirements of academic life and business life.
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Analyzes data related to social sciences.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Define and analyze political, economic and social problems of international, regional and national context.
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Gains critical thinking skills in the field of social sciences.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction Manuel Castells, Networks of Outrage and Hope Polity, 2012. J. Smith. Social Movements for Global Democracy. Johns Hopkins UP, 2008 Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
2 Social Movements David Meyer, Protest and Political Process in Kate Nash and Alan Scott (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, Blackwell Publishing, 2004. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
3 Social Movement Theories I D. McCarthy and M.N. Zald. 1977. Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory, American Journal of Sociology 82, 6 (1977): 1212-1241. Sidney Tarrow, Introduction and Chapter 1 in Power in Movement. Cambridge UP, 1994, pp.1-27. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
4 Social Movement Theories II Alberto Melucci, A Strange Kind of Newness in E. Larana, H. Johnston and J. Gusfield (eds.) New Social Movements: from Ideology to Identity. Temple UP, 1994 Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
5 Social Movements and Old and New Media Zeynep Tüfekçi, Social Movements and Governments in the Digital Age: Evaluating a Complex Landscape, Journal of International Affairs, Fall/Winter 2014, vol.68, no.1, pp.1-17. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
6 Global Social Movements I Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink (1998). Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Cornell UP, chps. 1, 2. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
7 Global Social Movements II - Opposing Neoliberal Globalization Smith, Globalizing Resistance. The Battle of Seattle and the Future of Social Movements, Mobilization, 6 (1), 2001, pp. 1-20. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam . Tarrow (2005), The New Transnational Activism, Transnational Impact on Domestic Activism and Transnational Activism and Internationalization, pp. 161-182 and 183-200. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
9 Social Movements as Globalizers Jackie Smith, Promoting Multilateralism. Social Movements and the UN System in Social Movements for Global Democracy, Johns Hopkins Press, 2008, pp. 89-107. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
10 Student Presentations-1 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması
11 Student Presentations-2 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması
12 Student Presentations-3 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması
13 Student Presentations-4 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması
14 Student Presentations-5 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması
15 Student Presentations-6 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması
16 Term Exams Exam Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap
17 Term Exams Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 30 30
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 0 0 0
Final Exam 1 26 26
Total Workload (Hour) 140
Total Workload / 25 (h) 5,60
ECTS 6 ECTS

Update Time: 13.05.2024 11:31