SOC 216 - Global Social Movements

Institution:

Lane Community College

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Description:

3 credits The twenty-first century has been marked with unprecedented social movement activity. Seattle, Chiapas Genoa, South Africa, Argentina, and New Deli, have become symbolic sites where social actors are forging global alliances to redefine, redirect, and resist the effects of globalization. This course examines the dynamic social, political, economic, and cultural, aspects of globalization though contemporary social movements that have developed in response to globalization. A comparative sociological approach will be used in order to explore globalization, international trade, labor, human and collective rights, and trans-national resistance movements.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Lanecc.edu

Phone Number:

(541) 463-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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