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Social movements have been an important catalyst for political change. By means of collective organization, movements can counteract powerful actors and institutions, forge collective identities, and put forward new social imaginaries that may or may not change reality.
In times when political activism is growing among young people, this course aims to offer different theoretical perspectives to the examination of the conditions under which social movements are organized and may succeed or fail. Our focus is on theories of social movements and collective action that provide the analytic tools necessary to examine and critically assess the role of social movements in our society. The key questions that will guide our debate include the examination of: Why and how do social movements emerge and what can we learn from previous movements? Why do people engage (or not) in collective action? Why some movements fail and other succeed? How do social movements and authorities interact? And how do social movements affect democracy?
The course will be divided into three sections. The first section is devoted to an introduction of the concept of social movements: what are social movements, how are they organized and how diverse are social movements. The second is devoted to examining key theoretical approaches and epistemic turns in the social movement theories. The third and last section will be dedicated to the analysis of contemporary movements and key issues for their organization and existence, like the role of emotions, technologies, spatiality, and networks.
This course is open to students from the Political Sciences, Sociology, Philosophy, History, and related disciplinary fields. No prior knowledge is necessary. |
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