Global Social Movements

This subject is not offered in 2008.

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Political campaigns crossing national boundaries are an increasingly assertive presence: These include social movements; opposing war and corporate power; championing religious and racial identities; seeking environmental action. How should these social movements be understood? Why and how did they emerge? What role do they play in international politics? How long is their history? This seminar aims to introduce students to the history of social movements, to understand their operation and contemplate their future.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• be competent in use of the library and other information sources, and the definition of areas of inquiry and methods of research;
• be able to think critically and analyse recommended reading, be competent in essay writing and seminar discussion, and be able to determine the strength of an argument;
• Think in theoretical terms through lectures, discussion in seminars, in essay writing and engagement in the methodologies of the humanities and social sciences;
• have an understanding of social, ethical and cultural contexts through the contextualisation of judgments.