SOCI 375 - Social Movements 3 hours

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 the 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 antiwar movements of the period. Cross-listed as AMST 375. Prerequisite: Junior standing.