Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction: Objectives and Requirements of the Course
2-3	Social Movement Theory
4-5	Social Movement Theory and the Civil Rights Movement
6-7	The Rise and Decline of the Civil Rights Movement
8-11	Does the Civil Rights Movement provide a Universal Template? Why no Civil Rights Movement in Brazil Difficulties in Organizing the Unemployed and Poor	First take-home essay due on Lecture 9
12	Abortion: The Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Movements
13	Midterm In-Class Exam
14-17	Abortion: The Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Movements (contd.)
18-24	The “Newest” Social Movement? Gay and Lesbian Rights From Gay Liberation to Same-Sex Marriage?
25-26	Student Presentations	Final paper due on Lecture 26