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McAdam, Doug. Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780226555539.

Luker, Kristin. Abortion & the Politics of Motherhood. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985. ISBN: 9780520055971.

D'Emilio, John. Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780226142678.

Piven, Frances Fox, and Richard A. Cloward. Poor People’s Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1978. ISBN: 9780394726977.

Shanley, Mary Lyndon, Joshua Cohen, and Deborah Chasman. Just Marriage. New York, NY: Oxford University, 2004. ISBN: 9780195176261.

Course readings.

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction: Objectives and Requirements of the Course
2-3	Social Movement Theory	Tarrow, Sidney. Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective Action and Politics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University. Press, 1994, pp. 1-27. ISBN: 9780521422710. Olson, Mancur. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965, pp. 5-52. ISBN: 9780674537507.
4-5	Social Movement Theory and the Civil Rights Movement	McAdam, Doug. Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. Chapters 1-4. Garrow, David. Bearing the Cross. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1987, pp. 11-82. ISBN: 9780394756233. McAdam, Doug. Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. Chapter 5.
6-7	The Rise and Decline of the Civil Rights Movement	McAdam, Doug. Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. Chapters 6-7. ———. Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. Chapters 8-9.
8-11	Does the Civil Rights Movement provide a Universal Template? Why no Civil Rights Movement in Brazil Difficulties in Organizing the Unemployed and Poor	Why no Civil Rights Movement in Brazil? Marx, Anthony W. "Race-Making and the Nation-State." World Politics 48, no. 2 (1996): 180-208. Difficulties in Organizing the Unemployed and Poor Piven, Frances Fox, and Richard A. Cloward. Poor People’s Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail. Chapter 1. ———. Poor People’s Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail. Chapter 2. ———. Poor People’s Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail. Chapter 5.
12	Abortion: The Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Movements	Luker, Kristin. Abortion & the Politics of Motherhood. Chapters 1-2.
13	Mid-Term In-Class Exam
14-17	Abortion: The Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Movements (contd.)	Luker, Kristin. Abortion & the Politics of Motherhood. Chapters 3-4. ———. Abortion & the Politics of Motherhood. Chapters 5-7. ———. Abortion & the Politics of Motherhood. Chapter 8. Hitt, Jack. "Who will do Abortions here?" New York Times Sunday Magazine. January 18, 1998.
18-24	The "Newest" Social Movement? Gay and Lesbian Rights From Gay Liberation to Same-Sex Marriage?	D'Emilio, John. Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970. Chapters 1-3. ———. Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970. Chapters 4-7. ———. Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970. Chapters 8-11. From Gay Liberation to Same-Sex Marriage? D'Emilio, John. Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970. Chapters 12-13. J. Garrow, David. "Toward a More Perfect Union." The New York Times Magazine. May 9, 2004. Shanley, Mary Lyndon. Just Marriage. pp. 3-30. ———. Just Marriage. pp. 33-62. ———. Just Marriage. pp. 81-116.
25-26	Student Presentations