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Apr 15, 2026
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University General Course Catalog 2020-2021 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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PSC 408E - Labor, Economy, and Protest (3 units) CO11
Popular revolt and protest is often driven by, or justified through, economic frustration. This course looks at economic-based protest movements from the right (anti-tax in California, anti-PT in Brazil ) the left (workers’ rights, anti-Apartheid) and those that transcend normal dichotomies (Brexit, Mouvement des gilets jaunes, Arab Uprisings). We will explore how conventional economic actors (such as business and labor) react to and change through these new movements.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; CH 201 or CH 202 or CH 203 or CH 212 ; PSC 211 or PSC 231 ; Junior or Senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. define the main theories used by political scientists to explain protest.
2. classify different protest movements by their ideology, attitude, and goals.
3. demonstrate in exams and essays a mastery of these theories and an understanding of how they change.
4. critically reflect on student, labor, and economic protests in global contexts, across multiple countries.
5. examine how labor and business react to different forms of pressure.
6. explain how economic protest movements differ from other types of protest and predict how social partners might react to new movements in different global contexts.
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