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IP 510 Social Movements

Social movements are instrumental in creating social change and thus fundamental to understanding how social systems operate. This course is an upper-level seminar in the social scientific study of social movements, with a focus on social movements of the twentieth century. Topics include mobilization strategies, processes of movement formation, outcomes of social movements and reasons for decline. Case studies of particular social movements are examined using sociological theory. Students create a portfolio of work about a social movement of interest to them.