This is a lot of reading and I am in the process right now of re-reading the material to tell you which things to focus more or less on.
- My older lecture notes on “outcomes” which will be a major basis for my updated lecture on outcomes next week. I’ll post the updated lecture notes when they are ready. Here are the newer notes.
- Notes on the readings in this section, including guides to what to focus on.
- These two short readings are important and should be read fully.
- * GJ 315-317 includes a definition of “abeyance” AND GJ 347-9, explains radical flank effects and other issues regarding outcomes.
- * GJ30. William A. Gamson. Defining Movement ‘Success’ (From The Strategy Of Social Protest)
- GJ31,. Edwin Amenta, Kathleen Dunleavy, And Mary Bernstein. The Case Of Huey Long And The New Deal (From “Stolen Thunder? Huey Long’s Share Our Wealth, Political Mediation, And The Second New Deal”) Uses Gamson’s categories to discuss the success of a particular movement. My notes suggest focusing on theoretical material pp. 358ff.
- * Meyer, Chapter 7 “The State and Protests” My notes suggest specific material to focus on, particularly 126-132; I suggest you read the case studies more lightly, to get a sense of the point but not to worry about details.
- Meyer, Chapter 8 “When Everybody Protests” (this is about counter-movements). We have already covered most of this material already; it is relevant, but it does not need to be read as new material. See notes.
- * Meyer, Chapter 9, “The Policy Connection” My notes suggest emphasizing pp. 171-180.
- Meyer, Chapter 10. Looks to the future, a wrap-up. Worth reading. We will be discussing these issues on the last day of class (after the quiz) as we look to the future.
- Andrews, Kenneth T “The Impacts of Social Movements on the Political Process: The Civil Rights Movement and Black Electoral Politics in Mississippi”. American Sociological Review; 1997, 62, 5, Oct, 800-819. I’ll be adding a summary of this article to my lecture. It shows that mobilization in one time period affects outcomes in later time periods. It is a good and important article.