Social Movements
Overview
- Introduction
- Social Change and Social Movements
- The origins of social movements and sociology
- Conservative, reformist and revolutionary responses to social and political transformations
- Social Movement Theories
- Theories of collective behaviour
- Resource Mobilization theory
- Framing theory
- New Social Movements theory
- The role of social media in social movement organization and activism
- Countermovements: Reactions and resistance to social movement success
- Labour Movements
- Labour activism in Canada and the U.S.
- Recent challenges to the labour movement and unions
- Anti-poverty movements
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil rights movements in Canada and the U.S.
- Civil rights movements in non-Western societies
- Aboriginal Social Movements
- Critical events in the emergence and growth of Aboriginal activism in Canada
- The rise of Aboriginal social movement organizations in Canada
- Types of Aboriginal activism: Formal institutional, grass roots, direct actions
- The rise of Indigenous rights movements globally
- Women’s Movements
- Historical shifts in the aims and achievements of women’s movements in Western societies
- Formal and grass-roots women’s rights organizations and actions
- Women's movements in non-Western societies
- Countermovements: Reactions to the successes of women’s movements
- Men’s Movements
- Pro-feminist and anti-feminist men’s movements
- Fathers’ rights groups in North America
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender [LGBT] Movements
- Origins of the LGBT Movements in Canada
- Struggles for Equal Rights in Canada and abroad
- Same-sex marriage in Canada and the United States
- AIDS activism
- Environmental Movements
- Conditions for the emergence of the environmental movement
- The rise of large environmental organizations
- Grass-roots environmental movements
- Types of environmental movement activism: Formal institutional, grass roots, direct actions
- Environmental countermovements
- Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements
- Anti-corporate movements as New Social Movements
- Transnational activism
- Conclusion
- The End of History? The Future of Social Movements.
The course will employ a variety of instructional methods, including lectures, small group discussions, audio-visual presentations, and guest speakers.
Evaluation will take place in accordance with Douglas College Policy. Evaluation will be based on course objectives and may include quizzes, exams, critical essays, literature reviews, term/research projects, media analyses, oral presentations, or multi-media presentations. The specific evaluation criteria will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course.
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.
An example of one evaluation scheme:
| First in-class exam | 20% |
| Reading analysis | 10% |
| Research topic and proposal | 10% |
| Research essay | 25% |
| Participation | 10% |
| Final exam | 25% |
| Total | 100% |
During this course, students will develop the ability to examine and critically analyze:
- the social, economic and political changes that provided the conditions for the rise of social movements;
- the centrality of social movements to the constitution of modern Western societies;
- classical and contemporary theoretical perspectives on how social movements form, and the conditions under which they grow and gain influence;
- how social movements interact with governments, corporations, and other social institutions;
- social movement activities in non-western societies;
- a range of social issues and movements.
Examples of textbooks that may be used for this course include:
Staggenborg, Suzanne. (2012). Social Movements (2nd Edition). Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press.
Goodwin, Jeff, & Jasper, James. (Eds.). (2009). The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts (2nd Edition). Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
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Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for SOCI 2220 |
|---|---|
| Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX SOCI 220 (3) |
| Athabasca University (AU) | AU SOCI 288 (3) |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU SOC 2XX (3) |
| College of New Caledonia (CNC) | No credit |
| College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR SOCI 2XX (3) |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU SOCI 2XXX (3) |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG SOCI 2240 (3) |
| Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) | NVIT SOCI 2XX (3) |
| North Island College (NIC) | NIC SOC 2XX (3) |
| Okanagan College (OC) | OC SOCI 2XX (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU SA 2XX (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU SOCI 2XXX (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU SOCI 2XX (3) |
| University Canada West (UCW) | UCW SOCI 2XX (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV SOCI_V 2nd (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC SOSC 2XX (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV SOC 2XX (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC SOCI 316 (1.5) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU SOCI 2nd (3) |