SOC 251 - Social Movements

(POL 251)FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter

Prerequisites: Junior standing and permission of the instructor.A survey of American social movements, including an evaluation of competing theoretical approaches to the study of social movements and an examination of the strategies, successes, failures, and political and social consequences of the civil rights, labor, student, and women’s movements. Close attention is given to factors contributing to the rise and decline of these movements.LeBlanc, Eastwood.