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Learning outcomes |
The objective is to raise awareness among students about the importance of social movements and activism in the current social context by understanding and analyzing their dynamics, causes, objectives, and impacts on society. It is equally an objective to raise awareness of the emergence of populist and anti-democratic regimes, which call into question freedoms and guarantees in the face of authoritarianism, intolerance, violence, disinformation, and exacerbated nationalism, contributing to an understanding of the complex relationship between individuals, groups, and society as a whole in the various processes of social change. Furthermore, it is an objective to provide valuable insights for the formulation of critiques in the promotion of a more just and egalitarian society.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Expository lectures, case studies, text debates, group and individual work. The course assessment will consist of critical analyses of texts in class, individual attendance, presentation and submission of group work, participation in debates and activities.
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Main Bibliography |
Estanque, Elísio (2008), “Sindicalismo e movimentos sociais (I)”. Janus, 1, pp. 184-185.
Fernandes, A. (2014), Para uma Democracia Pluralista e Participativa, Lisboa, Mundos Sociais.
Fernandes, Tiago (2019), Cultura Política e Democracia, Lisboa, Fund.Francisco M. dos Santos
Gohn, Maria da Glória (2011), “Sociologia dos movimentos sociais: um balanço das teorias clássicas e contemporâneas”, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 36(72), pp. 199-227.
Monteiro, Alcides A., & Montez, Mário (2015), “Sentidos de mobilização e de desmobilização da ação coletiva”, Opinião Pública, 21(1), pp. 217-237.
Nunes, Cristina (2014), “O conceito de movimento social em debate: dos anos 60 até à atualidade”, Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, nº 75, pp. 131-147.
Tarrow, Sidney (2005), “The New Transnational Activism”. Cambridge University Press.
Tilly, Charles (2007), Social Movements. London, Paradigm Publisher
Touraine, Alain (1996), O que é a democracia? Lisboa, Piaget
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