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| Code | UİY2706 |
| Name | Globalization and Social Movements |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | . Semester |
| 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 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: Tartışma |
| 8 | Student Presentations-2 | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 9 | Student Presentations-3 | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 10 | Student Presentations-4 | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 11 | Student Presentations-5 | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 12 | Student Presentations-6 | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 13 | Student Presentations-7 | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 14 | Student Presentations-8 | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 15 | Student Presentations-9 | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 16 | Review | Review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 17 | Evaluation | Evaluation | 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 | 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 | ||