Here is a brief overview of the module Social Movements and Civil Society. A detailed handbook will be distributed at the first seminar.
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When handing in your Summative Assignments you must adhere to the following instructions:
University of Leicester Department of Sociology
SY1014: Social Movements and Civil Society
SEMESTER: 1
LECTURER: Prof. Carlo Ruzza
Module Outline
This module will provide a basic background on the institutional and political structure of contemporary European societies.
The first part of the module will introduce students to theories of state, citizenship and forms of political participation and the process of European integration.
The second part of the module will look at examples of political participation including political protest. We will provide examples from environmental, peace, anti-racist, nationalist and ethno-nationalist movements (such as Scottish regionalism).
Module Objectives:
Skills Development:
The intellectual and transferable skills students should have acquired on completion of the module are:
Learning and Teaching Methods
18 lectures, 8 seminars
Lectures will provide you with an overview of the main issues. You are expected to attend every lecture.
Weekly seminars will give you the opportunity to discuss your thinking and writing with a small group of fellow-students. You are required to attend every seminar. Please bear in mind that attendance is still required in lectures and classes close to summative deadlines.
The module is taught by two lectures (beginning in Week 1) and one seminar each week
Lectures will provide you with an overview of the main issues. You are expected to attend every lecture.
Weekly seminars will give you the opportunity to discuss your thinking and writing with a small group of fellow-students. We will be pleased to meet with students individually to discuss their work during our Drop-in Office Hours, which are posted on Blackboard.
Reading. You will only derive the full benefit from lectures and seminars if, week by week, you read the Key Reading listed in the schedule of topics. The Supplementary Reading is intended to assist with essays and with examination revision.
Blackboard. Module material, such as a copy of this Module Handbook, lecture slides and past examination papers, some readings, and any notices to students relating to the Module will be placed on Blackboard. You are therefore advised to consult Blackboard regularly. Please note that lecture slides are simply an outline, not a full summary of the lectures. They are therefore not a substitute for lecture attendance.
Methods of Assessment
Formative Assessment is by an extended outline of your essay. The submission date for the formative assignment is Monday 2nd March 2009 no later than 2.00pm. The assignment should be approximately two typed pages in length and provide an extended outline of the chosen essay title.
Summative Assessment is by a two hour examination in May/June (50% of the module mark) and by an essay (50% of the module mark), which requires you to write an essay. The submission for the summative assignment is Thursday 26th March 2009 no later than 2.00pm. Word Length: Marks will be deducted if essay go over the 2,000-2,500 word length by any amount.
ALL summative assignments must be submitted to Blackboard (where they will be checked by JICS for Plagiarism). If you experience any problems with Blackboard, please email Helena Gorse - hg17@le.ac.uk.
Feed-back Arrangements
Feedback on essays will be provided in seminars in Week 10. See the Sociology Department Student Handbook for details.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is using the work of others as if it were your own. All written work must be your own work. You must not copy from other students, or from the published (or unpublished) work of others. Whenever you make use of books, articles, internet or other source material, you must make this clear by the appropriate use of references and, where a passage is cited word for word, by the use of quotation marks. Plagiarism is a serious offence and is regarded in the same light as cheating in examinations. It is likely to result in failure and a mark of 0 for the whole module, and can lead to disciplinary action. See the section on plagiarism in the Undergraduate Student Handbook. If you are, in any doubt you are advised to talk to your personal tutor or module teachers. Useful advice on how to avoid it is available at http://www.le.ac.uk/teaching/writtencommunicationguides.html
Visiting Students
General Module
Main ReadingsJANOSKI, T. (2005) The handbook of political sociology: states, civil societies, and globalization, Cambridge, Cambridge, (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 306.2)
NASH, K. & SCOTT, A. (2004) The Blackwell companion to political sociology, Oxford, Blackwell, (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 306.2)
Supplementary Readings
BHAMBRA, G. K. & DEMIR, I. (Eds.) (2009) 1968 in Retrospect History, Theory, Alterity London, Palgrave Macmillan, (Leicester Library: on order)
Burmer, M., Rees, A., (Eds.) (1996) Citizenship Today. London, UCL Press (Leicester Library: 323.6 MAR)
Crouch, C., K. Eder, et al., Eds. (2001). Citizenship, Markets, and the State. Oxford, Oxford University Press. (Leicester Library: on order)
EDWARDS, M. (2004) Civil society, Cambridge, Polity. (Leicester Library: JC337 Edw.)
FABBRINI, S. (Ed.) The United States Contested: American Unilateralism and European Discontent. London, Routledge. (Leicester Library: on order).
GAMSON, W. A. (1992) Talking politics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 303.38 GAM)
HALL, J. A. & TRENTMANN, F. (2005) Civil society : a reader in history, theory and global politics, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 320.1 CIV) - Chapter 10 “Modernity, late development and civil society” by Nicos Mouzelis
MAZZOLENI, G., STEWART, J. & HORSFIELD, B. (2003) The media and neo-populism : a contemporary comparative analysis, Westport, Conn. ; London, Praeger. (Leicester Library: 324.73) MISZTAL, B. (2001) Civil Society: a Signifier of Plurality and Sense of Wholeness. IN BLAU, J. (Ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Sociology. Cambridge, Blackwell. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 301 BLA)
MORRIS, L. (Ed.) Sociology and Rights. London, Routledge. (Leicester Library: on order)
Powell, F. W. (2007) The politics of civil society : neoliberalism or social left? Bristol, Policy Press (Leicester Library: 361.25 POW) Ritzer, G. (2003). Sociological Theory. NY, McGraw-Hill (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 301.01 RIT)
RUGGIERO, V. & MONTAGNA, N. (2008) Social movements : a reader, New York, NY, Routledge, (Leicester Library: 303.484 SOC)
TODD, M. J. & TAYLOR, G. (2004) Democracy and participation : popular protest and new social movements, London, Merlin. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 323.042 DEM ) Lectures OutlineLecture 1: IntroductionEuropean societies and their institutional framework in recent years.
Readings
Supplementary Readings
Section 1 – State, Citizenship, EuropeLecture 2: Perspectives on power· Conceptualisations of power in the main sociological perspectives · Weber's theory of cultural rationalization. Fragmentation of the life‑spheres.
ReadingsGerth, H., Mills, W., ( 1970) "Religious Rejections of the World and their Directions" in From Max Weber, Routledge Supplementary Readings
LUKES, S. (2004) Power : a radical view, London, Palgrave Macmillan. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 303.3) Lecture 3: Theories of state formation· Theories of state formation
ReadingsErtman, T., State Formation and State Building in Europe, in Janoski , p. 367 Supplementary Readings
LUKES, S. (2004) Power : a radical view, London, Palgrave Macmillan. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 303.3)
Lecture 4: State building, nation and nationalism· The parallel process of state building and nation building in Europe and recent evolutions
ReadingsGreenfeld L., and Jonathan R. Eastwood, Nationalism in Comparative Perspective, in Janoski p. 247 Supplementary ReadingsSchwarzmantel, Nationalism and fragmentation since 1989, in Nash and Scott 386
Lecture 5: Citizenship· The meaning of citizenship, historical background, current issues
ReadingsProcacci, G., Governmentality and Citizenship, in Nash and Scott, p. 342 Supplementary Readings
Burmer, M., Rees, A., (Eds.) (1996) Citizenship Today. London, UCL Press (Leicester Library: 323.6 MAR) Lecture 6: European welfare state models; he role of the public sector· Welfare state regimes and the consequences for different groups of the population · The role of the public sector
Readings
Hicks and Esping Anderson in Janoski 509 Supplementary Readings
Conflict theories in political sociology van den Berg and Janoski in Janoski 79 Lecture 7: Globalisation, European Integration, regionalisation and governance
Globalisation and Governance: meaning and European dimensions
Readings
McMichael, P., Globalization, in Janoski, p. 587
Supplementary Readings
KEANE, J. (1988) Civil society and the State : new European perspectives, London, Verso. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 320.1 CIV) Rumford, C. (2002). The European Union : a political sociology. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers. Ch. 2
Lecture 8: The sociology of administration
· Administration, civil service and Democracy · European Integration Readings
Palumbo, A., Administration, civil service and democracy, in Nash and Scott, p. 127
Supplementary Readings
Rumford, C. (2002). The European Union: a political sociology. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers. Ch 3.
Section on Social and Political ParticipationLecture 9: Trust and social capital
· Trust and social capital ReadingsMISZTAL, B. A. (1996) Trust in modern societies : the search for the bases of social order, Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass., Polity Press ;Blackwell. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 301)
Supplementary Readings
PISELLI, F. (2007) Social capital and civil society: governing outside the state at the local level. IN RUZZA, C. & SALA, V. D. (Eds.) Governance and Civil Society: Policy Perspectives. Manchester, Manchester University Press. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 323.6094 GOV )
Wallace, C., Pichler F., Patterns of formal and informal social capital in Europe"(2007) European Sociological Review, 23 (4) 423-436
Lecture 10: Collective Identities
· Collective Identities · Social movement identities · Ehnicity and Identity · The mobilization of ethnicity
Readings
SANDERS, J. M. (2002) Ethnic Boundaries and Identity in Plural Societies. Annual Review of Sociology, 327-357.
Supplementary Readings
KEATING, M. (2004) Regions and regionalism in Europe, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 320.94 REG) HUYSSEUNE, M. (2006) Modernity and secession : the social sciences and the political discourse of the Lega Nord in Italy, New York ; Oxford, Berghahn Books. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 324.245084 HUY) BHAMBRA, G. K. & DEMIR, I. (Eds.) (2009) 1968 in Retrospect History, Theory, Alterity London, Palgrave Macmillan, (Leicester Library: on order)
Lecture 11: Public Opinion and the role of the media
· The political role of the media
Readings
Schudson and Waistbord in Janoski, p. 350
Supplementary Readings
GAMSON, W. A. & MODIGLIANI, A. (1989) Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power: a Constructionist Approach. American Journal of Sociology, 95, 1-38. GAMSON, W. A. (1992) Talking politics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 303.38 GAM)
MAZZOLENI, G., STEWART, J. & HORSFIELD, B. (2003) The media and neo-populism : a contemporary comparative analysis, Westport, Conn. ; London, Praeger. (Leicester Library: 324.73 21)
Lecture 12: Civil society and the public sphere
· Approaches to civil society · Active citizenship · Third sector and non-profit activities
Readings
HALL, J. A. & TRENTMANN, F. (2005) Civil society : a reader in history, theory and global politics, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 320.1 CIV)
Supplementary Readings
Powell, F. W. (2007) The politics of civil society : neoliberalism or social left? Bristol, Policy Press (Leicester Library: 361.25 POW)
Lecture 13: Forms of social and political participation
· Advocacy Readings
Manza in Janoski, p. 201
Supplementary Readings
Streek and Kenworthy, in Janoski p. 441
RUZZA, C. (2007) Europe and civil society, Manchester, Manchester University Press. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 322.4094 RUZ) Lecture 14: Public and private interest groups in institutional contexts
· Advocacy · Judicial activism Readings
Granados and Knoke in Janoski, p. 287
Supplementary Readings
SANTORO W.A. & MCGUIRE, G. M. (1997) Social movement insiders: The impact of institutional activists on affirmative action and comparable worth policies. Social Problems, 44, 503-519.
Lecture 15: Social Movement theories; Culture, emotions and social movements
· Social movement theories · Emotions and social movements Readings
Jenkins and Form, ‘Social movements and social change’ in Janoski, p. 331
Supplementary Readings
FLAM, H. & KING, D. W. (2005) Emotions and social movements, New York, Routledge. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 303.484 EMO) Lecture 16: Types of movements: peace movements
· Peace movements in the last few decades · The anti-nuclear movement Readings
RUZZA, C. & BOZZINI, E. (2006) Anti-Americanism and the European Peace Movement: the Iraq war. IN FABBRINI, S. (Ed.) The United States Contested: American Unilateralism and European Discontent. London, Routledge. (Leicester Library: on order)
Supplementary Readings
RUZZA, C. (1997) Institutionalization in the Italian Peace Movement. Theory and Society, 26, 1-41. Lecture 17: Types of movements: the no-global movement
· The no-global movement Readings
Sanjeev Khagram, James V. Riker and Kathyn Sikkink. 'Transnational Protest and Global Activism' in Ruggiero and Montagna
Supplementary Readings
DOUCET, M. (2004) Global justice and democracy : the anti-globalisation movement, London, Routledge. (Leicester Library: DWL 303.484 DOU)
Lecture 18: Types of movements: the anti-racist movement
· The anti-racist movement in institutional settings Readings
RUZZA, C. (2006) Human Rights, Anti racism and EU Advocacy Coalitions. IN MORRIS, L. (Ed.) Sociology and Rights. London, Routledge. (Leicester Library: on order)
Supplementary Readings
LENTIN, A. (2000) 'Race', Racism and Anti-racism: Challenging Contemporary Classifications. Social Identities,, 6, 106-.(Leicester Library: on order) SEMINAR PRogramme:
Readings
In each seminar we will cover the contents of two lectures through thematically related readings. They are meant to clarify the approaches discussed in the lectures. Readings for the seminars are short articles from: NASH, K. & SCOTT, A. (2004) The Blackwell companion to political sociology, Oxford, Blackwell. (Leicester Library: DWL 1-ORANGE 306.2 BLA). Several copies are available at the library, and at the book store.
Students are expected to have read the materials in advance and be ready to summarise them and discuss the connections to the lectures. In the course of the discussion we will examine all the articles assigned.
In each seminar two students will be ask to present in 10-15 minutes the materials assigned for the week according to the schedule presented in the table on page 7-8 of this handbook . Class discussion will follow.
Department of Sociology
JUNE EXAMINATIONS 2010SY1014 MICROSOCIOLOGYSummative Assignment
You are required to write ONE essay selected from the titles below of between 2,000 and 2,500 words. You should submit your essay, with a completed cover sheet to the First Year Secretary in ATT 308 no later than 2.00 pm on the due date in March 2010 (as specified in Departmental regulations). Essays should also be submitted to Blackboard.
a) your Student Number b) the module number c) essay question title d) a word count (not including the bibliography)
a) set the text at one and a half spaces b) format paragraphs clearly, leaving a space after each paragraph c) number the pages
Students who fail to follow these guidelines may lose marks. ________________________________________________________________________
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