PSCI 3006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Barrick Gold, Neoliberalism, Miso
11 Mar 2016
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Psci 3006b: social power in canadian poliics lecture notes. Week 1: introducion january 12 th , 2016. Advocacy, interest, or pressure group: any group seeking to inluence government policy without contesing elecions; organizaions whose members act together to inluence public policy in order to promote their common interest (p. 373) Mid-term test (february 23rd, 2016) 3 essay quesions, pick 2. Week 2: collecive acion i: social movements & advocacy groups january 19 th , 2016. Purposive collecive acions whose outcome in victory as in defeat transforms the values and insituions of society . Informal networks, based on shared beliefs and solidarity, which mobilize about conlictual issues, through frequent use of various forms of protest . Collecive challenges based on common purposes and social solidariies, in sustained interacion with elites, opponents and authoriies . A social movement is a collecive, organized and non insituional challenge to authoriies, power holders, or cultural beliefs and pracices .
