AMST 375 - Social Movements 3 hours

The examination of social movements, from what conditions facilitate their development to how success is measured. Focus on sociological analysis of a wide variety of social movements of 20th century American society and their significance for American society: the Progressive era reform movements, the labor movement, the women’s movement, the environmental movement, the gay rights movement, the civil rights and other racial ethnic movements of the 1960s, as well as free speech and anti-war movements of the period. Cross-listed as SOCI 375. Prerequisite: junior standing.