UİY706 Globalization and Social Movements

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

Information

Code UİY706
Name Globalization and Social Movements
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 5 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Yüksek Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Doç. Dr. MARELLA BODUR ÜN


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

Sidney Tarrow, Power in Movement; Alberto Melucci, Challenging Codes

Notes

Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink (1998). Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Cornell UP.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Identify and analyze different global social movement theories.
LO02 Identify and analyze different global social movements and their affects on global processes.
LO03 Explore the nature of global social movements within the framework of different intellectual traditions and social movements theories.
LO04 Identify and analyze different definitions of global social movements


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations. 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has sufficient knowledge about basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences.
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Develops skills of defining and analyzing the international, regional and national oriented issues, producing appropriate conflict-resolution techniques and negotiation skills.
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Uses the collected data to explain social phenomena. 4
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Analyzes the interactions between concepts, phenomena and events in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. 4
PLO06 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns taking responsibility, leading and working effectively individually and/or in a team. 5
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Being aware of the significance of lifelong learning, follows current developments in their field and improves herself/himself.
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Gains the ability to benefit from various sources within the framework of academic rules in a field of study, to synthesize the information he/she has obtained, and to effectively present it. 4
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Questions traditional approaches, practices and methods.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Recognizes and applies social, scientific and ethical values.
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Develops critical thinking skills. 5
PLO12 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Identifies the international and national issues by methodologies used in the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations; chooses the appropriate analysis techniques across the issues and applies the appropriate empirical studies. 4


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:
Tartışma
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:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
3 Social Movement Theories I JD McCarthy and MN Zald, Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory (1977); S Tarrow, Introduction and Chapter 1 in Power in Movement; David Snow et al Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
4 Social Movement Theories II A Melucci, A Strange Kind of Newness in Larana, Johnston and Gusfield (eds.) New Social Movements (1994); A Melucci, Challenging Codes (1996) Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, 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:
Soru-Cevap, 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:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
7 Global Social Movements II - Opposing Neoliberal Globalization J Smith, Globalizing Resistance (2001); M. Keck and K. Sikkink, Transnational advocacy networks in international and regional politics (1999); J Pickerill and J Krinsky, Why Does Occupy Matter, Social Movement Studies Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam N/A Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev
9 Social Movements as Globalizers D. Della Porta and S. Tarrow (2004). Transnational Protest and Global Activism (chps. 1, 10);S. Tarrow (2005), The New Transnational Activism. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 Student Presentations-1 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme
11 Student Presentations-2 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme
12 Student Presentations-3 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme
13 Student Presentations-4 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme
14 Student Presentations-5 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme
15 Student Presentations-6 Research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme
16 Term Exams N/A Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Proje Temelli Öğrenme
17 Term Exams N/A Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev


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 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 12 12
Final Exam 1 18 18
Total Workload (Hour) 114
Total Workload / 25 (h) 4,56
ECTS 5 ECTS

Update Time: 13.05.2024 11:42