Globalization and CultureFall 2015

Week 2September 9, 2015

Migration & Crisismigrant crisis in Europe

European responseSyria/is is

health impactGreece open borders

migration & crisis in S. America

Global Prisons & SecurityGlobal prison systems

War, Guantanamo, detention facilitiesSecurity systems (G4S)

jurisdictional & international law

Mega-Sporting EventsOlympics/World Cup

Brazil - environmental impact, displacement of popsBeijing - pollution & policy responses

Qatar - migration from Pakistan & India

U.S. Global Interventionsafter effects of us war on terrormiddle east - Iraq/Afghanistan

schools. women’s rights, humanitarian effortsrole of US in IR generally

Iran DealAnalysis of War in Afghanistan

impact on regioneffects today

US relations to Iran, Afghanistan, CubaSanctions

Climate & EnvironmentClimate change & gov’t response

GMOS, agricultural production globally

Global EconomicsChinese influence on stock markets

and on US companiesImpact of outsourcing locally

Puerto Rico & Greece debt crisesInt’l development - helping or hurting

i.e. Sub-Saharan Africa

Four Stages of Social Movements

What is a social movement?

Four Stages of Social Movements

What is a social movement?

“Social movements, then, can be thought of as organized yet informal social entities that are engaged in extra-institutional conflict that is oriented towards a goal. These goals can be either aimed at a specific and narrow policy or be more broadly aimed at cultural change.” (Christiansen, page 2)

Four Stages of Social Movements

Why do social movements emerge?

Four Stages of Social Movements

Why do social movements emerge?

● persistence of social problems or inequalities

Four Stages of Social Movements

Why do social movements emerge?

● persistence of social problems or inequalities● emerging consensus that these problems or

inequalities are unjust

Four Stages of Social Movements

Why do social movements emerge?

● persistence of social problems or inequalities● emerging consensus that these problems or

inequalities are unjust● failure of available mechanisms to produce

change

Four Stages of Social Movements

According to the article, what are the four stages of social movements?

Four Stages of Social Movements

According to the article, what are the four stages of social movements?

1. Emergence2. Coalescence (or popular stage)3. Bureaucratization (or formalization)4. Decline

Four Stages of Social Movements

Forms of Decline

● Repression● Co-optation● Success● Failure● Alignment with Mainstream

Four Stages of Social Movements

Why might we want to focus on social movements in a class on globalization and culture?

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant

In their article on the killing of Oscar Grant, Antony and Thomas contrast the media as “watchdog” with the media as“guard dog.”

What do they mean with thesetwo terms, and what argumentare they making about themainstream media today?

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant

Antony and Thomas argue that mainstream media play a key role in setting the agenda of public attention. They note that mainstream media most often holds up the interests of those in power, and dismisses or vilifies activists and social movements.

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant

What, according to Antony and Thomas, is “citizen journalism” and what does it have to do with social media?

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant

What, according to Antony and Thomas, is “citizen journalism” and what does it have to do with social media?

Describe the Oscar Grant case and how Antony and Thomas analyze it.

Social Movements and Social Media:Egyptian Revolution

Identify the following in the article by Eltantawy and Wiest: ● research questions● theoretical framework● methods● findings● conclusion

Social Movements and Social Media:Egyptian Revolution

How does the article about the Egyptian Revolution (by Eltantawy and Wiest) relate to the Antony and Thomas article?

Social Movements and Social Media:Egyptian Revolution

How does the article about the Egyptian Revolution (by Eltantawy and Wiest) relate to the Antony and Thomas article?

How does it relate to Christiansen’s analysis of the four stages of social movements?

Social Movements and Social Media:Egyptian Revolution

Eltantawy and Wiest note that social media alone did not make the revolution in Egypt. What other factors played a role?

Neo-colonialism

Based on the chapter by Kwame Nkrumah:

1. What are the differences between traditional colonialism and neo-colonialism?

2. In what ways are they the same?3. What is the view of “share-the-wealth”

solutions in the quote on page 6? What do you think of this?