AFST 380IGlobal Social Movements

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In this undergraduate seminar, students explore dynamics of social movement in the United States and abroad through engaging major theoretical and empirical debates in comparative politics, international relations, and political sociology about how social movement(s) and the outcomes that they produce "go global." Though this is not a course in current events, we aim to connect history, theory, and scholarship to contemporary politics through examining a few key questions, including: How and when do social movements take on transnational relevance? What happens when activists and other interested parties attempt to translate global concerns into local contexts, and vice versa? Why do social movements self-organize in a globalized world, and what sorts of transnational, national, and local political outcomes do their efforts produce?