Unit name | Social Protest in Modern Britain (Level I Lecture Response) |
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Unit code | HIST25011 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Rob Skinner |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Britain has a long and vibrant history of ‘grass roots’ social protest, political activism that interacted with, while remaining outside, the arena of mainstream politics. This lecture response unit explores the relationship between individual activism, organised protest and social movements in modern British history. The unit follows a chronological structure, dealing with the ‘old’ social movements of the nineteenth century and the ‘new’ movements of the twentieth century, the post second world war period in particular. As such, it will draw upon and critique recent theoretical literature on social movements. Social protest in relation to race, class and gender will be analysed using conventional historical sources as well as the rich cultural sources produced by a diverse range of movements from Abolitionists to radical environmentalists.
Aims:
1 x 3000 word essay (50%) and 1 x 2 hour exam (50%)
J. E. Archer, Social Unrest and Popular Protest in England, 1780-1840 (2000)
D. D. Porta and M. Diani, Social Movements: An Introduction (2006)
A. Lent, British Social Movements since 1945 (2001)
C. Tilly and S. Tarrow, Contentious politics (2007).
P. Byrne, Social Movements in Britain (1997)
J. Goodwin & J. M. Jasper (eds), The Social Movements Reader (2003)