205 Contemporary social movements and development

Kohderyhmä

Pää- ja sivuaineopiskelijat

Kurssin sisältö /ohjelma

The course introduces the main theoretical approaches to social movements, including different analytical tools, and discusses their relevance and applications in development research. The course focuses largely on the present, and sheds light on current and existing movements through case studies from Southern contexts – especially Latin America and Middle East – against the backdrop of wider processes of international development and globalisation.

11.3. Introduction 13.3. Social movement theory I: Development, civil society and social movements 18.3. Social movement theory II: Resource mobilisation and political opportunities 20.3. Social movement theory III: Movement identity and networks 25.3. Contemporary Latin America I: The New Left and indigenous movements 27.3. Contemporary Latin America II: Gender NGOs and the feminist movement 1.4. Group presentations I: Zapatists; Indigenous peoples; Feminism 3.4. Contemporary Middle East I: Islamist movements and the state 8.4. Contemporary Middle East II: Protest movements and web-based activism 10.4. – no lecture – 15.4. Contemporary Asia: India (Sirpa Rovaniemi) 17.4. Global social movements: World Social Forum (Sofia Laine) 22.4. Group presentations II: Anti-globalisation; Human rights; Landless people 24.4. Summary and final reflections

Työtavat ja suorittaminen

Assessment

Group work, lecture diary and active participation in the classroom discussions.