SJS 260 - Economic Tools for Advocacy

Institution:

Point Park University

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Description:

Students will learn how to use economic tools to advocate for various social justice causes. The course will focus on how strategies such as shareholder activism, boycott campaigns, divestiture, and worker solidarity campaigns, among other tools, can put economic pressure on companies and governments to change their policies. A combination of historical case studies and hypothetical scenarios will illustrate how these tools work on the ground. Course Objectives (1) Identify basic economic concepts, such as production, consumption, exchange, distribution, and investment. (2) Explain how production, consumption, exchange, distribution, and investment can be strategically used as tools for advocacy. (3) Determine which economic advocacy tools may best work for different situations. (4) Articulate an understanding of how specific economic advocacy tools have been used in real campaigns for social justice. (5) Apply economic advocacy tools to hypothetical campaigns for social justice.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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