Describe the main dimensions of the social movement, then present your theoretical framework using the authors and concepts discussed in class. Applying this conceptual framework to your subject matter, you should then identify the barriers to social change and some possible courses of action that would allow the social movement to maximize its impact at the societal level.
Length: 20 pages double-spaced (not including reference pages)
Reference Style: APA.
How is it evaluated?
· Validation of the research object [5%]
· Contextualization [5%]
· Description of the social movement/innovation [15%]
· Theoretical framework [15%]
· Analysis of the potential for social transformation [20%]
· Obstacles and courses of action [20%]
· Text quality and demonstration [10%]
· Oral presentation [10%]
· Total [100%]
I do not need the Story of the movement, focus on how the movement has evolved recently.
Authors and concepts discussed in class
Transforming Power: The Idea
o Foucault, M. (1970). The archaeology of knowledge. Social Science Information, 9(1), 175–185. https://doi.org/10.1177/053901847000900108
o Foucault, M. (1971). Orders of discourse. Social Science Information, 10(2), 7–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/053901847101000201
o Oliver, P. (2010). CH4 – The History of Punishment. In P. Oliver (Ed.), Foucault – The Key Ideas (3rd ed., pp. 50–66). Whitby:ON: McGraw-Hill.
Transforming Power: Through Connections
o Surman, T. (2006). Constellation Collaboration A model for multi-organizational partnership. Retrieved from http://tonyasurman.commonsca.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/Surman_2006_Constellation-Governance-Model_CSI.pdf
o Surman, T., & Surman, M. (2008). Listening to the Stars: The Constellation Model of Collaborative Social Change. Social Space, 25–29. Retrieved from http://www.lcsi.smu.edu.sg/downloads/MarkSurmanFinalAug-2.pdf
State and social revolutions
o Skocpol, T. (1979). Explaining Social Revolutions: Alternatives to Existing Theories. In States and social revolutions: a comparative analysis of France, Russia, and China (pp. 3–43). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
o Wright, E. O. (2019). Anticapitalism and the State. In How to be an Anti-capitalist for the 21st Century (pp. 84–101). London:UK: Verso.
Elements of a theory of social transformation
o Wright, E. O. (2010). CH2: The Tasks of Emancipatory Social Science. In Envisioning Real Utopias (pp. 30–46). London:UK: Verso.
o Wright, E. O. (2010). CH8: Elements of a Theory of Transformation. In Envisioning Real Utopias (pp. 256–286). London:UK: Verso.
Change through break and transition troughs
o Wright, E. O. (2010). CH9: Ruptural Transformation. In Envisioning Real Utopias (pp. 287–298). London:UK: Verso.
o Wright, E. O. (2019). CH3: Varieties of Anticapitalism. In How to be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century (pp. 41–61). London:UK: Verso.
Symbiotic change and institutional reforms
o Wright, E. O. (2010). CH11: Symbiotic Transformation. In Envisioning Real Utopias (pp. 313–337). London:UK: Verso.
o Wright, E. O. (2019). CH4: A destination beyond capitalism: socialism as economic democracy. In How to be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century (pp. 62–83). London:UK: Verso.
Interstitial change and real utopias
o Wright, E. O. (2010). CH10: Interstitial Transformation. In Envisioning Real Utopias (pp. 299–312). London:UK: Verso.
o Gibson-Graham, J. K., Cameron, J., & Healy, S. (2013). Take Back the Economy: Why Now? In Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide for Transforming our Communities (pp. xiii–15). Retrieved from http://precaritypilot.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/j-k-gibsongraham-take-back-the-economy-an-ethical-guide-for-transforming-our-communities_intro-Ch1.pdf
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