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New Social Movements, 7.5 credits
New Social Movements, 7.5 hp
740G66
Main field of study
Social and Culture AnalysisCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Single subject courseExaminer
Anders NeergaardCourse coordinator
Celina Ortega SotoDirector of studies or equivalent
Olav NygårdAvailable for exchange students
YesContact
Claudia Schmid
- international@ffk.liu.se
- +46 13 284614
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Contact person for exchange students
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
| Course offered for | Semester | Weeks | Language | Campus | ECV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single subject course (Full-time, Day-time) | Autumn 2024 | 202439-202443 | English | Norrköping, Norrköping | ||
| Single subject course (Full-time, Day-time) | Autumn 2024 | 202439-202443 | English | Norrköping, Norrköping | ||
Main field of study
Social and Culture AnalysisCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G2FEntry requirements
- At least 105 passed ECTS credits in Social- or Behavioural sciences, or equivalent, is required
- English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (English 6)
Exemption from Swedish
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- account for central fundamental features of the development of social movements from the middle of the 19th century to present day with particular focus on the relationship between political vision and political action
- compare and analyse central texts in the field, based on issues that are justified and relate to present-day theoretical discussions about social movements
- identify and, in text, analytically apply concepts and analytical instruments that have been and are central to the discussion about social movements
- formulate relevant and surveyable research issues in the area.
Course content
In the course, what has been called "new social movements" is analysed and discussed, as well as in which respects these differ from previous forms of social movements. Social and political movements, mainly from the 20th century, are related to the prevailing norms and ideals of the surrounding society. The role of intellectuals as agents of change is addressed in relation to social changes, such as the democratisation and the development of the welfare state. Particular focus is on the relation between political ideals and political action strategies. A gender perspective dominates the course as a whole.
Teaching and working methods
The teaching takes the form of lectures and group discussions in seminars. The students should also study independently.
Examination
The course is examined through an independent written assignment.
If special circumstances prevail, and if it is possible with consideration of the nature of the compulsory component, the examiner may decide to replace the compulsory component with another equivalent component.
If the LiU coordinator for students with disabilities has granted a student the right to an adapted examination for a written examination in an examination hall, the student has the right to it.
If the coordinator has recommended for the student an adapted examination or alternative form of examination, the examiner may grant this if the examiner assesses that it is possible, based on consideration of the course objectives.
An examiner may also decide that an adapted examination or alternative form of examination if the examiner assessed that special circumstances prevail, and the examiner assesses that it is possible while maintaining the objectives of the course.
Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course twice are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.
Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.
Grades
ECTS, ECOther information
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The course is conducted in such a way that there are equal opportunities with regard to sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.
If special circumstances prevail, the vice-chancellor may in a special decision specify the preconditions for temporary deviations from this course syllabus, and delegate the right to take such decisions.
About teaching and examination language
The teaching language is presented in the Overview tab for each course. The examination language relates to the teaching language as follows:
- If teaching language is “Swedish”, the course as a whole could be given in Swedish, or partly, or as a whole, in English. Examination language is Swedish, but parts of the examination can be in English.
- If teaching language is “English”, the course as a whole is taught in English. Examination language is English.
- If teaching language is “Swedish/English”, the course as a whole will be taught in English if students without prior knowledge of the Swedish language participate. Examination language is Swedish or English depending on teaching language.
Department
Institutionen för kultur och samhälle| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRE1 | Exercises | 5 credits | EC |
| MRE6 | Exercises | 0.5 credits | EC |
| MRE5 | Exercises | 0.5 credits | EC |
| MRE3 | Exercises | 1.5 credits | EC |
Course literature is preliminary.
Compulsory readings
Asara, Viviana (2016). The Indignados as a Socio-Environmental Movement: Framing the Crisis and Democracy. Environmental Policy and Governance Volume: 26 Issue 6 (2016) ISSN: 1756-932X Online ISSN: 1756-9338. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eet.1721/pdf.
Benford, Robert D. & Snow, David A. (2000) ”Framing Proceses and Social Movements: An Overview and Assessment”, Annual Review of Sociology, 26; 611-639.
Berggren, E. & Neergaard, A. (2015) ‘Populism – Protest, democratic challenge and rightwing extremism’, in M. Dahlstedt & A. Neergaard (eds), International Migration and Ethnic Relations: Critical Perspectives, London: Routledge, pp. 169–199.
Espeland, Carl Endre & Jon Rogstad (2013) "Antiracism and Social Movements in Norway: The
Importance of Critical Events", Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39:1, 125-142.
Della Porta D and Diani M (2006). Social movements: an introduction. Malden, MA.: Blackwell. Read: Selections.
Doherty, B. (2006). Friends of the Earth International: Negotiating a transnational identity. Environmental Politics, 15(5), 860–880. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010600937306
Grugel, J. and N. Piper, ‘Global governance, economic migration and the difficulties of social activism’, International Sociology 26(4) 435–454.
Jonsson, S (2008) A Brief History of the Masses: Three Revolutions. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 5–63. (Part 1: Jacques-Louis David).
Likic Brboric, B. and Schierup, C-U. (2015) “Labour Rights as Human Rights? Trajectories in the Global Governance of Migration”, in Schierup et al. Migration, Precarity, and Global Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for Labour, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 223-244.
Moody, K. (1997). Towards an International Social Movement Unionism. New Left Review, (225), 52–72. Mudde, C. (2010). The Populist Radical Right: A Pathological Normalcy. West European Politics, 33(6), 1167–1186.
Mulinari, D. & Neergaard, A. (2017b) ‘Theorising racism: exploring the Swedish racial regime’, NordicJournal of Migration Research, 7(2) June.
Platform - The Movement for Black Lives, avilable at: https://policy.m4bl.org/platform/ (visit the website and read through the introduction to the agenda; "Platform". (Pick one or two demands to read through fully.)
Sayyid S. (2017) "Post-racial paradoxes: rethinking European racism and anti-racism", Patterns of Prejudice, 51:1, 9-25.
Scholte, J. A. (2004) Civil Society and Democratically Accountable Global Governance, Government and Opposition, Volume 39, Issue 2, Spring 2004, Pages 211–233.
Starr, Amory. (2010) Local Food: A Social Movement? Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies Volume: 10 Issue 6 ISSN: 1532-7086 Online ISSN: 1552-356X.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1532708610372769
Stevenson, Nick. (2012) Localization as subpolitics: The Transition Movement and cultural citizenship. International Journal of Cultural Studies Volume: 15 Issue 1 ISSN: 1367-8779 Online ISSN: 1460-356X
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1367877911411793
The Afro-Swedish National Association (2013), Alternative Report to Sweden's 19th, 20th and 21st perodical reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Available at:
http://www.antirasistiskaakademin.se/rapporter/
Therborn, G. (1984). The Coming of Swedish Social Democracy. della Fondazione Ciangiacomo Feltrinelli, Annali, 1983/84, 527–592.
Werbner, P, Webb M and Spellman-Poots K (eds) (2014) The Political Aesthetics of Global Protest: The Arab Spring and Beyond. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP. Read: Selections
Wills, J. (2001). Community Unionism and Trade Union Renewal in the UK: Moving beyond the Fragments at Last? Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 26(4), 465–483.
Ålund, Aleksandra and Carl-Ulrik Schierup (2018) “Making or unmaking a movement? Challenges for civic activism in the global governance of migration”. Globalizations Vol.15, NO 5, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2018.1446599.
Ålund, Aleksandra & León Rosales, René (2017) ”Becoming an activist citizen; Individual experiences and learning processes within the Swedish suburban movement”. Journal of Education and Culture Studies Vol. 1, No. 2: 123-140.
Ålund, Aleksandra (2012) Alterity, In George Ritzer (ed.) The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. First Edition, Blackwell Publishing Ltd (2012) Vol. (1). 52-53.
Recommended readings
Ahmed, Sara (2005), "The Non-Performativity of Anti-Racism", in Borderlands, 2005, 5:3. Avaliable at: http://www.borderlands.net.au/vol5no3_2006/ahmed_nonperform.htm Clark TJ (1999) Farewell to an Idea: Episodes from a History of Modernism. New Haven Yale University Press, pp. 169–224.
Della Porta, D., & Diani, M. (2006). Social movements: an introduction. Malden, MA.: Blackwell Eggert, N, Giugni, M. (2012) Homogenizing "old" and "new" social movements: A comparison of partipants in May Day and climate change demonstrations. Mobilization: An International Quarterly Volume: 17 Issue 3 (2012) ISSN: 1086-671X Online ISSN: 1938-1514
Farris, S. R. (2012) ‘Femonationalism and the ”Regular” Army of Labor Called Migrant Women’, History of the Present, 2(2), pp. 184–199.
Harcourt BE, Mitchell WJT and Taussig M (2013) Occupy: Three Inquiries in Disobedience. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
Hilliard, David (ed) (2008), "Foreword" , "Introduction", "Introduction to the Black Panther Survival Programs" (pp ix-4), "The Black Panther Party's Ten-Point Program" (pp 74-77), "Toward the United Front" (pp 139-44), in The Black Panther Party: service to the people programs, The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, University of New Mexico Press. (e-book)
McKee, Y. (2016) Strike Art: Contemporary Art and the Post-Occupy Condition. London: Verso.
Mulinari, D. & Neergaard, A. (2017a) ‘Doing Racism, Performing Femininity: Women in the Sweden Democrats’, in M. Köttig, R. Bitzan, & A. Petö (eds), Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe, London: Palgrave, pp. 13–27.
Neergaard, A. (2017). The Swedish Model in transition: trade unions and racialised workers. I A. Ålund, C. U. Schierup, & A. Neergaard (Red.), Reimagineering the Nation. Essays on Twenty First Century Sweden (s. 85–118). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Rother, Stefan (2013a) 'A tale of two tactics: Civil Society and Competing Visions of Global Migration Governance from Below', in Geiger, Martin and Antoine Pécoud (eds.) Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People, Houndmills: Macmillan.
Schierup, Carl-Ulrik, Aleksandra Ålund and Branka Likic-Brboric (2014) 'Migration, precarisation and the democratic deficit in global governance', International Migration.
Snow, David A. (2004) ”Framing Processes, Ideology and Discursive Fields”, i: Snow, David A. et al. (Eds.) The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements, Malden: Blackwell.
Snow, David A., Viliegenthart, Rens & Corrigall-Brown, Catherine (2007) ”Framing the French Riots: A Comparative Study of Frame Variation”, Social Forces, 86 [2]; 385-415.
Talshir, Gayil (2003). A threefold ideological analysis of Die Grünen: From ecologized socialism to political liberalism? Journal of Political Ideologies Volume: 8 Issue 2 (2003) ISSN: 1356-9317 Online ISSN: 1469-9613. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13569310306086
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