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SOCI316 - Social Movements

Description

A study of social movements in the making of modernity and its ongoing transformations. Exploration of how movements arise and are maintained, of why certain kinds of movements emerge in specific contexts, and of what impact they have upon socio-political relations and cultural discourses, both globally and locally. Specific social movements such as feminism, ecology, gay and lesbian liberation, Aboriginal activism, the peace movement, labour, socialism, and religious fundamentalism are examined.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Course offered by

Department of Sociology

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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