| Part I: Theoretical Framework |
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Introduction |
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Social Movements, NGOs and Civil Society: How Are They Different? |
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Social Movements and the State: How Do They Interact? |
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Law, Social Movements and Public Policy: Changing Domestic Contexts |
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Law, Social Movements and Public Policy: Changing Global Contexts |
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| Part II: Domestic and Comparative Experience |
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Legal and Social Change in the US: Contesting Perspectives |
Paper assignment #1 handed out
Group Debate
Subject: "Public policy in the US is and should be primarily the result of legal measures. As such, social movement action must be targeted towards legal change". |
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Environment as an Arena of Struggle |
Paper assignment #1 due
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Speaker
Prof. Cary Coglianese, JFK School of Government, Harvard University |
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Feminism and Women's Movements |
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Speaker
Prof. Ann Withorn, U Mass, Boston |
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Property, Poor Peoples' Movements and Social Justice |
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Legal and Social Change in India: The Role of Mobilization and Activism |
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Women's Rights v. Gender Justice |
Paper assignment #2 handed out |
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Speaker
Prof. Jyoti Puri, Simmons College |
Paper assignment #2 due |
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Environmentalism of the Poor |
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Contesting Development: The Movement in the Narmada Valley - A Case Study |
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Screening a Movie, Kaise Jeebo Re (How do I Survive, My Friend) and Discussion Continued on the Narmada Valley Movement |
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Civil Rights and Public Interest Litigation |
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| Part III: Global Public Policy and Globalization from Below |
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Beyond the State? Changing Contexts for Law-making and Application at the Global Level |
Group Debate
Subject: "International law can/should no longer be understood within the framework of states; rather, what counts as 'law' globally is what can be mobilized for by global civil society". |
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The World Commission on Dams and the Struggle over Development |
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Setting Global Environmental and Health Policy: The Case of Nuclear Weapons |
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Peace and Security from Below |
Paper assignment #3 handed out |
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Global Economic Institutions and Resistance from the Margins: The World Bank and the IMF |
Paper assignment #3 due |
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The World Trade Organization and the Meaning of Seattle |
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Human Rights and Global Public Policy: Corporate Responsibility
Speaker
Terry Collingsworth, Director, International Labor Rights Fund |
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Conclusion and Review Class |
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