POLI 432

The Politics of Social Movements

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Drawing on the fields of political science, sociology, social movement studies, critical theory, and political philosophy, focuses on the relationship between themes of cultural recognition and economic equality in contemporary social movement politics. Key concepts include ideology, new social movements, recognition, and redistribution.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 432, 433 (if taken in the topic "Issues in Politics: Recognition, Redistribution and Social Movement Politics").

Prerequisites: One of 300C, 306, 305, 334, 335, or permission of the instructor.

Undergraduate course in Political Science offered by the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Social Sciences.