教學大綱 Syllabus

Lecture

Topics

Reading review seminars

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Housekeeping & Introduction 

• What is political participation? Types of Political Participation, Participation and Democracy 
• Why does social movement matter? 

Readings

• Arnstein, S. R. (1969) A ladder of citizen participation, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 35(4)216–22.

• van Deth,  Jan W. (2016) What is Political Participation? Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Available from:  http://politics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-68. 

• Russell J. Dalton. 2008. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, 5^th ed. Washington: CQ Press. Chapter 3. 

• Dalton, Russell J. , “Is citizen participation actually good for democracy?”, British Politics and Policy, London School of Economics and Politics Science, available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/is-citizen-participation-actually-good-for-democracy/?utm_content=buffer29030&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer (25 August 2017). 

• Cox, Laurence. (2018) “Focus: Why Social Movements Matter?”, Discover Society. Available from: https://discoversociety.org/2018/11/06/focus-why-social-movements-matter/?fbclid=IwAR0uSA77FjNnEpiUQLiGJipSwAOJgqYuXHxTYth-CTsjB9SbkIkToYSlM5k (6 November 2018) 

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Why People Participate? Who participates and who does not? 

• How do people become politically mobilized?
• Socialization and political participation 
• What barriers to political participation do some groups face?

Readings 

• Hibbing, John and Elizabeth Theiss-Morris. 2005. “Citizenship and Civic Engagement”, Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 8 Issue 1: 227-249.
• Russell J. Dalton. 2008. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, 5^th ed. Washington: CQ Press. Ch 4.

• Mettler, Suzanne and Joe Soss. 2004. “The Consequences of Public Policy forDemocratic Citizenship: Bridging Policy Studies and Mass Politics.” Perspectives on Politics 2(1):55-73.

• Teorell, Jan. 2006. "Political participation and three theories of democracy: A research inventory and agenda." European Journal of Political Research 45 (5):787-810.

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What is a Social Movement? When and why do movements emerge…and decline? 

• Grievances transform to social movement 
• Social Movement Theory 

Readings 

• Tarrow, Sidney (1994). Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective Action and Politics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-27.

• Olson, Mancur. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965, pp. 5-52.

• Tarrow, Sidney. 1993. “Cycles of Collective Action: Between Moments of Madness and the Repertoire of Contention.” Social Science History Vol. 17 (2): 281-307.

• Gamson, William A. and Gadi Wolfsfeld. 1993. “Movements and Media as Interacting Systems.”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 528:114-125.

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Impacts of social movement & policy change

- How social movements matter? Do they make a difference?

Readings 

• Whittier, N. (2004) The Consequences of Social Movements for Each Other, in The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements (eds D. A. Snow, S. A. Soule and H. Kriesi), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK.
• Giugni, Marco G. 1998. “Was It Worth the Effort? The Outcomes and Consequences of Social Movements.” Annual Review of Sociology 24:371-393.

• Meyer, David S. 2003. “How Social Movements Matter.” Contexts Vol. 2 (4): 30-35.Amenta, Edwin, Neal Caren, Elizabeth Chiarello, and Yang Su. 2010. “The Political Consequences of Social Movements.” Annual Review of Sociology 36:287-307.

• Burstein, P. 1999. “Social Movements and Public Policy”, in How Social Movements Matter (eds Giugni, M. & Mcadam, D. & Tilly, C.), Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

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Participation in International Politics 

- Debate: Power of transnational social movement vs. “the dangers” of global civil society

Readings

• Keck, M. E. and Sikkink, K. (1999), Transnational advocacy networks in international and  regional politics. International Social Science Journal, 51: 89–101.

• Elyachar, Julia. "Empowerment Money: The World Bank, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Value of Culture in Egypt.” Public Culture 14, no.3:493-513.

• Howell, Jude, and Jenny Pearce. "Manufacturing Civil Society from the Outside: Donor Interventions." Chapter 5 in Civil Society and Development. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.

• Fisher, William. "Doing Good? The Politics and Antipolitics of NGO Practices." Annual Review of Anthropology 26 (1997): 439-464.

• Smith, Jackie. "Bridging Global Divides?". International Sociology 17, no. 4 (2002): 505-28.

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Transnational movements

• Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANS) 
• Environmental Movements in the Global South 

Readings 

• Keck, M.E. and Sikkink, K. (1999), “Transnational advocacy networks in international and regional politics”. International Social Science Journal, 51: 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2451.00179
• Marco Giuni and Maria T. Grasso, “Environmental Movements in Advanced Industrial Democracies: Heterogeneity, Transformation, and Institutionalization,” in Annual Review of Environment and Resources 40, (2015), 337-361
• Dwivedi, R. 2001.  “Environmental Movements in the Global South: Issues of Livelihood and Beyond”, International Sociology, 16(1):11-31. 

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Local Environmental Movement 

• Case of Taiwan

Readings

• Wong, Natalie W.M., (2016), "The road to environmental participatory governance in Taiwan: collaboration and challenges in incineration and municipal waste management", Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1251400

• Grano, Simona Alba (2015). Environmental Governance in Taiwan: A New Generation of Activists and Stakeholders. London and New York: Routledge.

• Lee, Yok-shiu F. and So, Alvin Y., eds., 1999, Asia’s Environmental Movements: Comparative Perspectives, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.

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Democratization movement 

- Case of South Korea

Readings

• Garretón, Manuel Antonio. "Social Movements and Democratization." In Social Movements in Development: The Challenge of Globalization and Democratization, edited by Staffan Lindberg and Árni Sverrisson, 67-77. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1997.
• della Porta, D. 2013. Democracy and Social Movements. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements.
• Kim, Sunhyuk. "Civil Society and Democratization in South Korea." Korea Journal 38, no. 2 (1998): 214-36.

• Shin, G.W. and Chang, P. Y. eds (2011), South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy to Civil Society. Oxon: Routledge. 

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Democratization and retreat

• Case of Hong Kong 

Readings

• Ngok, M. (2008), “ Civil Society and Democratization in Hong Kong Paradox and Duality”.     Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Volume 4, No.2: 155-175
• Stephan Ortmann (2015), “The Umbrella Movement and Hong Kong’s Protracted Democratization Process”, Asian Affairs, 46:1, 32-50, DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2014.994957
• Francis Lee (2020) Solidarity in the Anti-Extradition Bill movement in Hong Kong, Critical Asian Studies, 52:1, 18-32

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Social Movement in authoritarian regime

-Case of China 

Readings

• Wong, Natalie W.M. (2016) “Environmental protests and NIMBY activism: Local politics and waste management in Beijing and Guangzhou”, China Information, 30(2):143-164.

• Xi Chen (2012), Social Protest ad Contentious Authoritarianism in China (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press), Chapter 5.

• Andrew Mertha (2008), China’s Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change (Cornell Cornell University Press), Chapters 5 & 6.
• Lianjiang Li and Kevin O’Brien (2008), “Protest Leadership in Rural China,” China Quarterly, 193: 1-23.
• Xi Chen and Ping Xu (2011), “From Resistance to Advocacy: Political Representation for Disabled People in China,” China Quarterly, 207: 649-667.]

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What Makes a Social Movement Successful? 

Readings: 

• McCammon, Holly J., Karen E. Campbell, Ellen M. Granberg and Christine Mowery. 2001.  “How Movements Win: Gendered Opportunity Structures and U.S. Women’s Surage  Movements, 1866 to 1919.”American Sociological Review 66(1):49-70.

• Gamson, William A. (2015). “Defining Movement “Success”” Pp. 383-385 in The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 3rd Ed, edited by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. 

• Pellow, David N and Robert J. Brulle. (2015) “Environmental Justice.” Pp. 391-397 in The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 3rd Ed, edited by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. 

• Stephan, Maria J. and Erica Chenoweth. (2008). “Why civil resistance works: The Strategic  Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.” International Security, 33(1): 7-44.

• Ozden, J. and Glover, S. (2023). “What makes a social movement successful?”, Social Change Lab. Available at:

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Doing Social Movement Research 

Readings:

• Lichterman, Paul. (2001). “Seeing Structure Happen: Theory-Driven Participant Observation,” in Suzanne Staggenborg and Bert Klandermans (eds), Methods of Social Movement Research. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, pp. 118–45. 

• Balsiger, Philip and Alexandre Lambelet. (2014). “Participant Observation” Pp. 144-172 in Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research, edited by Donatella della Porta. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

• Lindekilde, Lisa. (2014). “Discourse and Frame Analysis: In-Depth Analysis of Qualitative Data in Social Movement Research” Pp. 195-227 in Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research, edited by Donatella della Porta. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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                          Class Presentations

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                    Paper Consultation & Preparation