Course Code & Number
PSIR 377
Course Title
Social and Political Movements
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits
Mode of Delivery:
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction:
English
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite:
Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
Origins, dynamics, and consequences of social and political movements. Approaches and theories of reform, revolution, and social movements. Study of historically important cases.
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to explore origins, dynamics and consequences of social and political movements. Throughout the course, the definitions and theories of reform, revolution, and social movements will be taken up with reference to the historically important cases.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Conceive the complex basis of mass movements
2. Discern the significant differences and similarities between the notions of reform, revolution and rebel
3. Explain and understand the significance of leadership in mass movements.
4. Gain an important insight about the relationship between politics and human psychology
5. Develop particular reasoning by referring to some actual historical cases.
6. Develop complex argumentation skills in speech and writing.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Questioning
Peer Teaching
Video Presentations
Oral Presentations/Reports
Guest Speakers
Web Searching
Assessment Methods and Criteria:
Test / Exam
Quiz
Case Studies / Homework
Presentation (Oral/Poster)
Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:
Recommended Reading
1. Charles Tilly ve Lesley J. Wood, Social Movements, 1768-2008 (Paradigm Publishers, 2009).
2. Charles Tilly, Contentious Politics (Paradigm Publishers, 2006).
Required Reading
1. Doug McAdam, John D. McCarthy, Mayer N. Zaid (der.), Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements: Political Opportunities, Mobilizing Structures, and Cultural Framings (Cambridge University Press, 1996).
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:
Student Workload:
| Workload |
Hrs |
| Case Study Analysis |
16 |
Course & Program Learning Outcome Matching:
