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POLT 207 - Social Movements and the Policy Process


Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS

Group-based political action, in many ways, drives the making of policy in a democratic society. This course connects the activities of contemporary social movements in the United States to policy in a variety of domains, including gun policy, women’s rights, and criminal justice reform, as well as an ostensibly nonpolitical domain: college athletics. Topics will include how movements form and persist, the strategies they use to influence policy, and whether they are successful and why.

Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: A. Howat


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