POL209 Political and Social Movements

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jiří Navrátil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Vráblíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ing. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Petříková
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 U41
Prerequisites
Students are expected to read compulsory readings for each seminar and to be able to participate in in-class discussions.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course the students shall be able to identify main approaches to the study of social and political movements. Furthermore, the students shall be capable to analyze, compare and explain political mobilizations phenomena by using the up-to-date conceptual apparatus. Students shall also be able to identify and describe most important political movements that shaped the politics of the 20th and 21st century (e.g. human rights', feminist, workers', environmental or global justice movements). In addition, the students will be provided with a manual for writing their dissertations in political science.
Syllabus
  • 1. Organization, goals and requirements of the course
  • 2. Introduction: social movements or/and civil society?
  • 3. Resource mobilization and political opportunity structure
  • 4. Globalization and internationalization of social movements
  • 5. Framing and social movements
  • 6. How to study social movements?
  • 7. Reading week
  • 8. New social movements: concepts, basic approaches, critique
  • 9. Civil rights' movement and student movement: the protest cycle of the 1960s
  • 10. Human rights' movement and environmental movement
  • 11. Women rights' movement and gay-lesbian movement
  • 12. Workers' movement and movement of the unemployed
  • 13. Global justice and anti-globalization movement
Literature
  • BARŠA, Pavel. Anarchie a řád ve světové politice. Edited by Ondřej Císař. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2008, 559 s. ISBN 9788073670948. URL info
  • CÍSAŘ, Ondřej. Politický aktivismus v České republice: Sociální hnutí a občanská společnost v období transformace a evropeizace (Political Activism in the Czech Republic: Social Movements and Civil Society in the Eras of Transformation and Europeanization). Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, 187 pp. Politologická řada, sv. č. 28. ISBN 978-80-7325-168-0. URL info
  • THOMAS, Daniel C. Helsinský efekt : mezinárodní zásady, lidská práva a zánik komunismu. Edited by Jan Růžička. Vyd. 1. Praha: ČSDS, 2007, 322 s. ISBN 9788020015068. info
  • TARROW, Sidney G. Power in movement : social movements and contentious politics. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, xv, 271. ISBN 0521629470. info
  • ZNEBEJÁNEK, František. Sociální hnutí :teorie, koncepce, představitelé. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1997, 175 s. ISBN 80-85850-31-1. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussion on student position papers.
Assessment methods
A) Students are expected to write three short position papers (300-400 words each) on required readings for particular seminar. The position papers should be uploaded to the information system no later than at noon of the day before the seminar for which the paper is written. Submission of three position papers is a precondition for being allowed to write the final exam. Short paper must consists of two clearly identifiable sections:
1. Very short summary of the main points and arguments of the required reading(s) (1 paragraph at the most!)
2. Student´s critical review of these readings, consisting possibly of (1) what s/he considers as the most important part of the text, or, (2) what s/he sees as the most problematic part of the text. Also some questions of clarification may be raised here.
Position papers must be signed and must contain the title of the reading that is reviewed.
B) Final in-class written exam: duration 45 minutes, four questions (0 – 10 points each) based on the required readings and the discussions in class. Evaluation:
A 40 – 38 points
B 37 – 34 points
C 33 – 30 points
D 29 – 27 points
E 26 – 24 points
F 23 and less points
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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