PSCI 235(F) Political Theory and Social Movements (Offered 1997-98 only)

This course will study key works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century political theory with a view to their implications for social action, and will study some concrete moral and political dilemmas that have faced U.S. social movements in the hope that theory can illuminate them. Readings will be drawn from Tocqueville, Marx, Camus, Alinsky, Berlin, and Huntington. We will also consider a variety of cases, including the civil rights, welfare rights, women's rights, and gay rights movements, and the movements for and against legal abortion. Requirements: One 10- to 12-page paper, class participation and a final exam. No prerequisites. Students of all political viewpoints-radical, liberal, conservative, and skeptical-are encouraged to attend.

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