SOC 320: Social Movements

This course will examine the major theories that explain the origins, development and consequences of collective behavior and social movements. Selected American protest movements will be analyzed in terms of the complex ways in which they emerged to how they were institutionalized and subsequently altered the political, social and cultural patterns of American society. This course will primarily focus on labor protests, civil rights protests and some of the “new social movements” which included a focus on sexual behaviors and gender identity issues. (fall 2012)