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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.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; CH 201  or CH 202  or CH 203  or CH 212 ; PSC 211 ; Junior or Senior standing.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
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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