SOAN 358 - Society, Politics, and Social Movements

Is a better world possible? This course examines social justice movements, power, and models for building more socially just societies. Through a comparison of different social movements for racial, gender, and economic justice, it analyzes various alternatives for organizing society and theories of social justice. It discusses the nature and inter-relationship of capitalism, socialism, democracy, the state, and civil society. We draw upon different social movement theories and examples to analyze when and why social movements emerge, what factors influence how and why people engage in collective action, how movements promote change, and what tactics have been successful.
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Prerequisites: Sophomore status and above, SOAN 110 , SOAN 117 , or SJ 110 , or permission of instructor.

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