TY - JOUR AU - Conley, Jim PY - 2010/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Protest, Contention & Social Movements JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/protest-contention-social-movements SP - AB - The course focuses on four aspects of social movements: i) the social organizational bases of mobilization; ii) cultural framing and collective identities; iii) political opportunities and interactions among allies, opponents and state agencies; iv) the dynamics of contentious action itself. Case studies are used to illustrate general mechanisms and processes: in the first half a study of revolutions in 19th Century Paris; in the second half, a study of global justice mobilization in Europe. The objective of the course is to develop participants’ understanding of social movements through sociological theory and research, and to encourage informed reflection on their own activities or observations of protest, contention and social movements. Students are encouraged to link their own interests to the course content through a journal, and if they wish in a research paper based on participant observation, documentary investigation, or other methods. ER -