INVITED RESOURCE: Labor and Social Movements

Abstract

ASA President Ruth Milkman and her colleague James M. Jasper explore the study of labor and social movements in this graduate level seminar. The study of unions and labor movements was, at one time, integral to the sociological study of social movements. In recent decades, however, "new" social movements have moved to center stage. This course explores...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Collective Behavior/Social Movements

Resource Type(s):

Syllabus

Class Level(s):

Graduate

Class Size(s):

Small

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Students will investigate a topic related to the divergence of labor movement and social movement theory, research or practice.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Students are required to write a 20 page paper (empirically grounded research paper, a literature review, or a research proposal) on a topic related to the course material.