University of Maryland
Sociology 432: Social Movements

Schedule
Revised October 31, 2005
Tentative
The semester is divided into several themes:
August 31 Introduction

Overview: four major issues for social movements

date topic Film or reading
Sep 7 cycles Reading: M&S(25) Tarrow: "Cycles of Collective Action"
Sep 12 tactics Reading: M&S(26) McAdam: "Tactical Innovation"
Sep 14 organization Reading: M&S(32) Staggenborg: "Professionalization"
Sep 19 Origins Reading: M&S(9) McAdam: "Institution Building"

A Case Study: The (2nd) Feminist Movement

Sep 21 Origins Reading: Ferree & Hess, ch 1-3.1 (1-56) "Origins of the 2nd wave"
Sep 26 Organization Reading: Ferree & Hess, ch 3.2-6.1 (56-136) "Organizational diversity"
Sep 28 Tactics FILM: "Step by Step" HQ1421.S84 1998
Oct 3 Decline Reading: Ferree & Hess, ch 6.1-7 (136-193) "Successes & Failures"

Tactics: what social movements do

Oct 5 boycotts FILM: "Eyes on the Prize (part 1)"   E185.61.E94 no. 1
Oct 10 riots Reading: M&S(3) Useem: "The New Mexico Prison Riot"
Oct 12 sitins FILM: "Berkeley in the 60s, Part 1"   LD760.B47
Oct 17 sabotage Reading: M&S(27) Gamson: "The Success of the Unruly"
Oct 19 petitions FILM: "Poletown Lives"   HD1263.M5P65
Oct 24 Radicalism Reading: M&S(33) Haines: "Radicalization and Funding"
Oct 26 Review
Oct 31 Midterm

External target groups

Nov 2 Government Reading: M&S(4) Jenkins & Perrow: "Insurgency of the Powerless"
Nov 7 Opposition FILM: "Eyes on the Prize (part 4)"   E185.61.E94 no. 4
Nov 9 Allies Reading: M&S(7) Petras and Zeitlin: "Miners and Agrarian Radicalism"
Nov 14 Framing Reading: M&S(20) Ellingson: "Rioting in Cincinnati"

Mobilization: the sources of individual participation

Nov 16 Discontent Reading: M&S(14) Oegema & Klandermans: "Not participating"
Nov 21 Free riders Reading: M&S(17) Walsh and Warland: "Three Mile Island"
Nov 28 Networks FILM: "Norma Rae"   PN1997.N66
Nov 30 Commitment Reading: M&S(23) Hirsch: "Sacrifice for the Cause"
Dec 5 Divisions FILM: "Matewan"   PN1997.M29 1987

Origins: the societal sources of collective action

Dec 7 Earlier movements: abeyance Reading: M&S(31) Taylor: "Continuity"
Dec 12 Cultural roots FILM: "Rebel Without a Cause"   PN1997.R34

Final exam

Dec 14 Review
Dec 17 Final exam 1:30pm-3:30pm

 
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Last updated November 9, 2005
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