Module Descriptors
WHY IS IT KICKING OFF EVERYWHERE? PROTEST, RESISTANCE AND POLICING
SOCY60550
Key Facts
School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Emma Temple-Malt
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 100%
Module Details
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
A Portfolio (100%) 4000 words in length
The portfolio will consisting of answering 3 questions (approximately 1300 words in length) from a selection of questions.
[Learning Outcomes 1-4]
The portfolio will consisting of answering 3 questions (approximately 1300 words in length) from a selection of questions.
[Learning Outcomes 1-4]
INDICATIVE CONTENT
The module will trace the emergence and trajectories of various contemporary protests, new social movements and related forms of resistance and dissent. Beginning with the Zapatistas in Mexico, The Battle in Seattle and the beginning of the anti/arch globalization movement in 1990s through to post 2011 protest and new social movements across the globe most notably the 'Arab Spring', Indignados and Occupy movement. The various and complex forms of police response to these protests will be documented, analysed and debated in the context of state violence, social control and the militarization of policing globally.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Key Information Set:
10 hours lectures; 10 hours seminars; 4 hours workshops
Weekly lectures followed on by seminar sessions which will consist of informal discussion, debate and activities. Students will be invited to attend additional personal tutorials. Seminar and workshop activities will be based on the weekly seminar questions which will also form the basis of the questions options for the assessment portfolio.
Additional support will be in the form of guided weekly reading; audio and visual; Blackboard virtual learning environment; personal tutorials; assessment guidance
10 hours lectures; 10 hours seminars; 4 hours workshops
Weekly lectures followed on by seminar sessions which will consist of informal discussion, debate and activities. Students will be invited to attend additional personal tutorials. Seminar and workshop activities will be based on the weekly seminar questions which will also form the basis of the questions options for the assessment portfolio.
Additional support will be in the form of guided weekly reading; audio and visual; Blackboard virtual learning environment; personal tutorials; assessment guidance
RESOURCES
Blackboard Virtual Learning environment; Internet; e-mail; Audio-visual material (Soundclouds; vimeo; youtube)
TEXTS
Fernandez LA (2009) Policing Dissent: Social Control and the Anti-Globalization Movement, London: Rutger University Press
Ruggiero V and Montagna N (2008) Social Movements: A Reader, London: Routledge
Schrager Lang A and Lang/Levitsky D (2012) Dreaming in Public: Building the Occupy Movement, New Internationalist
Wood L J (2014) Crisis and Control: The Militarization of Protest Policing, London: Pluto Press
Ruggiero V and Montagna N (2008) Social Movements: A Reader, London: Routledge
Schrager Lang A and Lang/Levitsky D (2012) Dreaming in Public: Building the Occupy Movement, New Internationalist
Wood L J (2014) Crisis and Control: The Militarization of Protest Policing, London: Pluto Press
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. DEMONSTRATE A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAJOR DIMENSIONS, THEORECTICAL PERSPECTIVES AND REASONS FOR THE PRESENCE OF GLOBAL PROTESTS AND NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS FROM 1990S ONWARDS [Analysis; Application; Knowledge and Understanding]
2. DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS STATE RESPONSES IN THE FORM OF 'POLICING' OF GLOBAL PROTESTS AND NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
[Analysis; Application; Knowledge and Understanding]
3. DEPLOY ESTABLISHED ACADEMIC TECHNIQUES OF ENQUIRY INTO THE STUDY OF PROTEST AND THE POLICING OF PROTEST MOVEMENTS
[Enquiry; Learning]
4. DEMONSTRATE A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLICING OF PROTEST IN THE CONTEXT OF WIDER DEBATES REGARDING STATE-CORPORATE CRIME AND SOCIAL HARM
[Analysis; Application; Knowledge and Understanding; Evaluation]
2. DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS STATE RESPONSES IN THE FORM OF 'POLICING' OF GLOBAL PROTESTS AND NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
[Analysis; Application; Knowledge and Understanding]
3. DEPLOY ESTABLISHED ACADEMIC TECHNIQUES OF ENQUIRY INTO THE STUDY OF PROTEST AND THE POLICING OF PROTEST MOVEMENTS
[Enquiry; Learning]
4. DEMONSTRATE A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLICING OF PROTEST IN THE CONTEXT OF WIDER DEBATES REGARDING STATE-CORPORATE CRIME AND SOCIAL HARM
[Analysis; Application; Knowledge and Understanding; Evaluation]