Social and Political Movements in a Globalizing World

GENERAL OBJECTIVES 

1. To acquaint students with the plurality of manifestations that contentious politics take globally.
2. To familiarize students with the successes and failures of social movements worldwide.
3. To enable students to assess the possible consequences of ongoing dynamics of contentious politics worldwide.

CONTENT 

1. Contentious Politics in the Global Society
2. Transnational Advocacy coalitions
3. International Non-Governmental Organizations and International Organizations
4. Global Protest
5. Global Social Movements
6. Violence and the Repression of dissent