UİY2706 Globalization and Social Movements

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

Information

Code UİY2706
Name Globalization and Social Movements
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Term Spring
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Yüksek Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
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Course Instructor
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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 local, national and global social movements.
LO05 Identifies different conceptualizations of social movements.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has the conceptual competence to explain the basic facts in the International Relations discipline and the globalization literature. 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has general knowledge about basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences. 4
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 understand social phenomena. 4
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Analyzes the interaction between facts, phenomena and concepts in the International Relations discipline and globalization literature.
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Learns taking responsibility, leading and working effectively individually and/or in a team. 4
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 basic academic rules in a field of study, to synthesize the information he/she has obtained, and to effectively present it. 5
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Questions traditional approaches, practices and methods.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Recognizes and applies social, scientific and ethical values. 4
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Develops critical thinking skills. 5
PLO12 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Identifies the international and national issues by methodologies used in the discipline of International Relations and the literature of globalization; chooses the appropriate analysis techniques across the issues and applies the appropriate empirical studies.


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 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 Student Presentations-1 Presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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8 Student Presentations-2 Presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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15 Student Presentations-9 Presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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16 Review Review Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
17 Evaluation Evaluation Ölçme Yöntemleri:
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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 5 70
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 30 30
Total Workload (Hour) 157
Total Workload / 25 (h) 6,28
ECTS 6 ECTS

Update Time: 14.05.2024 11:01