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    This course introduces students to the literature on social movements and contentious politics. Over the course of 11 weeks, students will read seminal works that have conceptualized and analyzed movements from different theoretical perspectives. They will examine topics such as resources, opportunities, frames, mobilizing structures, and tactics. Students are expected to actively participate in weekly seminar discussions, give a short presentation on their final paper topic, and write a 5,000-word research paper due at the end of the term. Grades will be based on class participation, the presentation, and the quality of the final paper.

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    This course introduces students to the literature on social movements and contentious politics. Over the course of 11 weeks, students will read seminal works that have conceptualized and analyzed movements from different theoretical perspectives. They will examine topics such as resources, opportunities, frames, mobilizing structures, and tactics. Students are expected to actively participate in weekly seminar discussions, give a short presentation on their final paper topic, and write a 5,000-word research paper due at the end of the term. Grades will be based on class participation, the presentation, and the quality of the final paper.

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    This course introduces students to the literature on social movements and contentious politics. Over the course of 11 weeks, students will read seminal works that have conceptualized and analyzed movements from different theoretical perspectives. They will examine topics such as resources, opportunities, frames, mobilizing structures, and tactics. Students are expected to actively participate in weekly seminar discussions, give a short presentation on their final paper topic, and write a 5,000-word research paper due at the end of the term. Grades will be based on class participation, the presentation, and the quality of the final paper.

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    Fall 2012

    Social Movements and Contentious Politics


    Pol 451 Mondays 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Instructor: William Hurst Ofce Hours: Fridays 1:00 - 2:00 PM Ofce Location: SS 3301 Email: [email protected]
    This course is designed as an overview of the main strands in the contentious politics and social movements literature. By the end of the semester, students should have a good grounding to pursue research on questions related to disruptive an noninstitutionalized politics. Requirements: All students are expected to attend and participate in the seminar each week. Students will also be expected to write a 5000-word nal paper on a contentious politics topic of their choosing. This paper will be due by 12:00 Noon on Thursday December 6. Finally, each student will give a 5-10 minute presentation on their paper topic during the nal class session. Grades will be determined as follows: Participation: 40% Presentation (in-class on Wednesday December 5): 5% Final Paper (due Thursday December 6): 55% Special Rules of Note: 1) *No* electronic devise use in class (i.e. NO COMPUTERS OR CELL PHONES), only exception is for documented disability needs. 2) *No* late work, make-up assignments, or deferrals, regardless of the reason. 3) *Please* do not come to into class late or leave early.

    Class Meeting Agenda:


    Week 1 (September 10): Introduction and Ground Rules Week 2 (Septemebr 17): Conceptualizing Contention and Movements Readings: Jocelyn A. Hollander and Rachel L. Einwohner, Conceptualizing Resistance, Sociological Forum 19:4 (2004): 533-54 AND Doug McAdam, Conceptual Origins, Current Problems, Future Directions, in McAdam, McCarthy, and Zald, Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements (Cambridge, 1996), pp. 23-40 (available on blackboard) AND Michael Lipsky, Protest as a Political Resource, American Political Science Review 62:4 (1968): 1144-58 Week 3 (September 24): The Classical Resources-Opportunities Paradigm Readings: Sidney Tarrow Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 (3rd Edition). Week 4 (October 1): Older Variants Readings: Theda Skocpol States and Social Revolutions Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. AND Ted Gurr A Causal Model of Civil Strife: A Comparative Analysis Using New Indices The American Political Science Review 62:4 (1968): 1104-1124. AND Ted Gurr Psychological Factors in Civil Violence World Politics 20:2 (1968): 245-278. [OCTOBER 8 = THANKSGIVING] Week 5 (October 15): Culture, Agency, and Contingency: Lacunae in Studies of Contentious Politics Readings: James Jasper The Art of Moral Protest, Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. AND Aminzade et al. Silence and Voice in the Study of Contentious Politics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

    Week 6 (October 22): Rationalist Alternatives Readings: Macur Olsen The Logic of Collective Action Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1965. AND Mark Lichbach The Rebels Dilemma Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998. Week 7 (October 29): A New Paradigm? Readings: McAdam, Tarrow, and Tilly The Dynamics of Contention Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Week 8 (November 5): Frames, Framing, and New Room for Grievances Readings: Hank Johnston and John Noakes eds. Frames of Protest: Social Movements and the Framing Perspective Lanham: Rowman & Littleeld, 2005 (Chapter 1, and at least 3 other chapters). AND Snow, Rochford, Warden, and Benford Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation American Sociological Review 51:4 (1986): 464-481. AND David A. Snow et al., Disrupting the Quotidian: Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between Breakdown and the Emergence of Collective Action, Mobilization 3:1 (1998): 1-22. AND William Hurst Mass Frames and Workers Protests in OBrien (ed.) Popular Protest in China pp. 71-87 (available on blackboard). AND William Hurst & Kevin OBrien Chinas Contentious Pensioners The China Quarterly 170 (2002): 345-360. [NOVEMBER 12 = FALL BREAK] Week 9 (November 19): Mobilizing Structures, Cognitive Liberation, & the Politics of Space and Place Readings: Dingxin Zhao, "Ecologies of Social Movements: Student Mobilization during the 1989 Prodemocracy Movement in Beijing," American Journal of Sociology 103:6 (May 1998):1493-1529 AND Doug McAdam Political Process and the Development of the Black Insurgency, 1930-1970 Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999 (2nd edition). AND All articles in Special Issue of Mobilization 8:2 (2003) on space and contentious politics.

    Week 10 (November 26): Elite Allies and Strategic Divisions Readings: Vincent Boudreau Resisting Dictatorship: Repression and Protest in Southeast Asia Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. AND Kevin OBrien & Li Lianjiang Rightful Resistance in Rural China Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Week 11 (December 3): Tactics, Repertoires, and State Responses Readings: Charles Tilly Regimes and Repertoires Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. AND Doug McAdam, Tactical Innovation and the Pace of Insurgency, American Sociological Review 48 (December 1983): 735-54 Make-Up Session (December 5): Presentations

    PAPERS DUE (HARD COPY IN DEPT. MAILBOX) BY 12:00 NOON ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 **LATE PAPERS NOT ACCEPTED**

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