| CODE | YTH5041 | ||||||
| TITLE | Participation and Activism: Governance and Social Movements | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Youth and Community Studies | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit targets student engagement with a political sociological investigation of participation and activism in social movements. For this to take place lecture discussions will delve into differences, cleavages and continuity between structure and agency and different dimensions of power (macro, micro). Contextual components such as governance, protest, the state and empowerment will embody the discussion. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to develop a comprehensive sociological understanding of governance and social movements. This will enable a critical analysis of concepts, events and processes such as governance, protest, the state and empowerment. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain processes, issues and governance related to political organizations using a sociological perspective; - Identify sociological constructs such as structure and agency and different dimensions of power (macro, micro). 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyze key aspects of policy-making processes such as empowerment, lobbying, ideology and strategy; - Sociologically and critically interpret political issues; - Analyze specific political issues through the deployment of study-unit content. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: Della Porta, D. & Caiani, M. (2009). Social Movements and Europeanization. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Della Porta, D. & Diani, M. (2006). Social Movements - An Introduction. Second Edition. Blackwell Publishing. Flesher Fominaya, C. (2014). Social Movements and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan. Johnston, H. (2014). What is a social movement? Polity Press. Supplementary Readings: Dryzek, J. & Dunleavy, P. (2009). Theories of the Democratic State. Palgrave Macmillan. Goodwin, J. & Jasper, J. (Editors) (2002). The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts Blackwell Readers in Sociology. Howarth, D., Norval, A.J., Stavrakakis, Y. (2000). Discourse Theory and Political Analysis: Identities, Hegemonies and Social Change. Manchester University Press. Snow, D.A., Soule S.A., Kriesi, H. (2007): The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. Blackwell Publishing. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Colin Borg Mary Grace Vella |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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