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Unit of Study POLT3004 - Global Social Movements (2025)

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Explores notions of power and ethics, which underpin political action and social movements, providing an opportunity to examine the dynamics that create social change. Contemporary social movements are examined so that students can evaluate their significance and assess the value of social movements to their own lives.

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Module 1: Approaching the subject: Social Movements Contentious Politics

Module 2: The Dimensions of Contentious Politics

Module 3: Structural and cultural factors of Contention

Module 4: Normative, Emotive and spatial dimensions of contentious politics

Module 5: Traditional and Mew Media in Global Social Movements

Module 6: Global Activism and the Future of Global Social Movements

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

articulate how social movements evolved, how they operate, and their relationship with both democracy and contentious politics

critically evaluate the political opportunities and constraints that give rise to contentious politics and social movements

critically analyse the political impact of social movements and their possible futures

competently utilise a wide range of research methods and critically evaluate the validity of sources

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