York University
 Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
AP/SOCI 3355M (W) Social Movements
Winter 2015

Lecture Schedule

Jan 8 Introduction

Jan 15 The Influence of the Collective upon the Individual
Tutorial Marx and the Internationals

Jan 22 The Field of Collective Behaviour
Tutorial The Canadian State and the CCF

Jan 29 Social Movement Theory
Tutorial 1960s The Feminist Movement and Civil Rights

Feb 5 Collective Behaviour and Social Movements Research
Tutorial State Terror and Latin America

Feb 12 Precipitation: Capitalism and Politics
Tutorial Culture and the Politics of Identity

Feb 14 Early Mobilization
Tutorial Bureaucracy, Weber and Anarchism

Feb 26 The Organizational Arrangement of Collective Behaviour and Social Movements
Tutorial The War on Terror

Mar 5 Movement Environments and Responses
Tutorial Consumerism as Movement

Mar 12 Outcomes of Collective Behaviour and Movements
Tutorial The Environmental Movement

Mar 19 Future Research into Collective Behaviour and Social
Tutorial Indigenous People’s Nationalism

Mar 19 Movements Future Developments: Social Movement Possibilities
Tutorial Coalition Politics

Mar 26 Summary/Review
Tutorial: Global Public Space

April 2 Final Exam 2 hours in class