| Course Title: Topics in Politics: 'Grassroots Democracy' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2024 |
| Description: The central focus of this course is to explore theory and organizing practices of grassroots democracy. Each week the seminar will move back and forth between historical and theoretical reflection and reflection upon the experience of organizing communities. The course is motivated by citizens acting together to generate responses to the most challenging questions and issues of the present. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Ali Aslam | aaslam@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 09:00AM - 10:15AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| EOS0002 | EOS-2: Organizations and Power | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor the Organizations and Power subject area |
| POLIT-THRY | POLIT-THRY: Politics - Theory subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the Theory subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 23 | Available: 5 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Blessed Are the Organized Author: Stout, Jeffrey Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781400836079 Publisher: Princeton UP |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: Roots for Radicals Author: Chambers, Ed Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780826414991 Publisher: |
Optional | 13.00 |
| Title: I've Got the Light of Freedom Author: Payne, Charles Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780520251762 Publisher: |
Recommended | 32.00 |
| Title: Populism's Power Author: GRattan, Laura Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780190277628 Publisher: Oxford |
Recommended | 20.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |