2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

SLSP3961 Protest and Social Movements

20 creditsClass Size: 150

Module manager: Dr. Paul Bagguley
Email: P.Bagguley@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally 40 credits at level 2 from programmes of study within the Faculty of ESSL or related disciplines.

This module is mutually exclusive with

SLSP2750

Protest and Social Movements

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

In this module you will have the opportunity to examine protest and social movements in Britain, Europe and the USA. We will be looking at both contemporary and historical movements. The module will enable you to look at whether or not protest is rational, what effect protest might have on the identities of the participants, and the various ways in which protest and social movements have changed over the years, and other theories of social movements. You will be able to study protest and social movements among the working-class; Black civil rights in the USA; feminism; environmentalism; the peace movement; poor peoples' movements; and urban riots in Britain between 1980 and 2001.Contact: Dr Paul Bagguley p.bagguley@leeds.ac.ukor undergradsociologysocialpolicy@leeds.ac.uk

Objectives

On completion of this module, students will have:

- An in depth knowledge and understanding of the main theoretical approaches to the sociology of protest, social movements and riots, and an in depth knowledge and understanding of selected protests and social movements in Britain and the USA.
- Be able to use sociological theories to interpret selected empirical materials about protest and social movements in Britain and the USA.
- Have the ability to analyse, criticise and evaluate theoretical approaches in comparison with each other and with reference to examples of protest and social movements.
- Achieve the above objectives through the application and further development of their transferable skills of sociological analysis, verbal and written communication skills.

Skills outcomes
Oral and written presentation skills, research skill, IT skills.

Syllabus

Functionalist theories of social movements; symbolic interactionist analyses of social movements; mass society theories of social movements; rational choice and resource mobilisation theory; the arguments of Habermas, Touraine and Melucci as they refer to social movements; the new middle class and new social movements; theories of the relationship between poverty and protest; sociological accounts of urban riots. Pre-modern and modern forms of protest and social movements; Black civil rights in the USA; feminism; environmentalism; the peace movement; urban riots in Britain.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Tutorial	9	1.00	9.00
Private study hours			171.00
Total Contact hours			29.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

41 hours preparing for lectures, 60 hours preparing for tutorials, 60 hours preparing for essays and exams, 12 hours on independent research for presentations.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Seminar attendance/participation, presentations in seminars.
In relation to the project essay it is recommended that students complete:
1) A proposal of which theories they shall use and which protest events or movement they intend to examine before Easter.
2) A first draft of some sections of the essay before the end of teaching.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	6,000 words	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 28/03/2008

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