Seats are still
available in the following GLLC courses:
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Stand
& Fight: (Or Should We Sit?)!: Theories and Techniques in Protest
Movements
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GLLC-G220 (Course # 30535) Stand
& Fight: (Or Should We Sit?)!: Theories and Techniques in
Protest Movements (3 cr.) (GenEd S&H; CASE S&H) (MW, 5:45-7:45PM,
FQ012B) Brendon Westler
Political
protests have seemingly become ubiquitous following the recent economic
crisis. We have seen austerity protests in Greece, demonstrations by Los
Indignados in Spain, the Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S., and the
recent “Arab Spring,” amongst others. The success of such movements
remains very much in question. The fundamental task of this course is to
create a conceptual framework within which we may adequately judge
contemporaneous protest movements. In particular, we will engage with texts
on political protests written by authors in numerous countries and
contexts. Through such an approach, we will develop an expertise in
protest tactics as well as when such tactics succeed and fail. We will
conclude the course by applying our knowledge to contemporary protest movements
in order to properly evaluate them.
