*Lecture*	*Topics*	*Reading review seminars*
1	Housekeeping & Introduction What is political participation? Types of Political Participation, Participation and Democracy Why does social movement matter? Readings Arnstein, S. R. (1969) A ladder of citizen participation, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 35(4)216–22. van Deth, Jan W. (2016) What is Political Participation? Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Available from: http://politics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-68. Russell J. Dalton. 2008. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, 5^th ed. Washington: CQ Press. Chapter 3. Dalton, Russell J. , “Is citizen participation actually good for democracy?”, British Politics and Policy, London School of Economics and Politics Science, available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/is-citizen-participation-actually-good-for-democracy/?utm_content=buffer29030&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer (25 August 2017). Cox, Laurence. (2018) “Focus: Why Social Movements Matter?”, Discover Society. Available from: https://discoversociety.org/2018/11/06/focus-why-social-movements-matter/?fbclid=IwAR0uSA77FjNnEpiUQLiGJipSwAOJgqYuXHxTYth-CTsjB9SbkIkToYSlM5k (6 November 2018)
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3	Why People Participate? Who participates and who does not? How do people become politically mobilized? Socialization and political participation What barriers to political participation do some groups face? Readings Hibbing, John and Elizabeth Theiss-Morris. 2005. “Citizenship and Civic Engagement”, Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 8 Issue 1: 227-249. Russell J. Dalton. 2008. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, 5^th ed. Washington: CQ Press. Ch 4. Mettler, Suzanne and Joe Soss. 2004. “The Consequences of Public Policy forDemocratic Citizenship: Bridging Policy Studies and Mass Politics.” Perspectives on Politics 2(1):55-73. Teorell, Jan. 2006. "Political participation and three theories of democracy: A research inventory and agenda." European Journal of Political Research 45 (5):787-810.	1
4	What is a Social Movement? When and why do movements emerge…and decline? Grievances transform to social movement Social Movement Theory Readings Tarrow, Sidney (1994). Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective Action and Politics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-27. Olson, Mancur. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965, pp. 5-52. Tarrow, Sidney. 1993. “Cycles of Collective Action: Between Moments of Madness and the Repertoire of Contention.” Social Science History Vol. 17 (2): 281-307. Gamson, William A. and Gadi Wolfsfeld. 1993. “Movements and Media as Interacting Systems.”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 528:114-125.	2
5	Impacts of social movement & policy change - How social movements matter? Do they make a difference? Readings Whittier, N. (2004) The Consequences of Social Movements for Each Other, in The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements (eds D. A. Snow, S. A. Soule and H. Kriesi), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. Giugni, Marco G. 1998. “Was It Worth the Effort? The Outcomes and Consequences of Social Movements.” Annual Review of Sociology 24:371-393. Meyer, David S. 2003. “How Social Movements Matter.” Contexts Vol. 2 (4): 30-35.Amenta, Edwin, Neal Caren, Elizabeth Chiarello, and Yang Su. 2010. “The Political Consequences of Social Movements.” Annual Review of Sociology 36:287-307. Burstein, P. 1999. “Social Movements and Public Policy”, in How Social Movements Matter (eds Giugni, M. & Mcadam, D. & Tilly, C.), Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.	3
6	Participation in International Politics - Debate: Power of transnational social movement vs. “the dangers” of global civil society Readings Keck, M. E. and Sikkink, K. (1999), Transnational advocacy networks in international and regional politics. International Social Science Journal, 51: 89–101. Elyachar, Julia. "Empowerment Money: The World Bank, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Value of Culture in Egypt.” Public Culture 14, no.3:493-513. Howell, Jude, and Jenny Pearce. "Manufacturing Civil Society from the Outside: Donor Interventions." Chapter 5 in Civil Society and Development. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. Fisher, William. "Doing Good? The Politics and Antipolitics of NGO Practices." Annual Review of Anthropology 26 (1997): 439-464. Smith, Jackie. "Bridging Global Divides?". International Sociology 17, no. 4 (2002): 505-28.	4
7	Transnational movements Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANS) Environmental Movements in the Global South Readings Keck, M.E. and Sikkink, K. (1999), “Transnational advocacy networks in international and regional politics”. International Social Science Journal, 51: 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2451.00179 Marco Giuni and Maria T. Grasso, “Environmental Movements in Advanced Industrial Democracies: Heterogeneity, Transformation, and Institutionalization,” in Annual Review of Environment and Resources 40, (2015), 337-361 Dwivedi, R. 2001. “Environmental Movements in the Global South: Issues of Livelihood and Beyond”, International Sociology, 16(1):11-31.	5
8	Local Environmental Movement Case of Taiwan Readings Wong, Natalie W.M., (2016), "The road to environmental participatory governance in Taiwan: collaboration and challenges in incineration and municipal waste management", Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1251400 Grano, Simona Alba (2015). Environmental Governance in Taiwan: A New Generation of Activists and Stakeholders. London and New York: Routledge. Lee, Yok-shiu F. and So, Alvin Y., eds., 1999, Asia’s Environmental Movements: Comparative Perspectives, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.	6
9	Democratization movement - Case of South Korea Readings Garretón, Manuel Antonio. "Social Movements and Democratization." In Social Movements in Development: The Challenge of Globalization and Democratization, edited by Staffan Lindberg and Árni Sverrisson, 67-77. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1997. della Porta, D. 2013. Democracy and Social Movements. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Kim, Sunhyuk. "Civil Society and Democratization in South Korea." Korea Journal 38, no. 2 (1998): 214-36. Shin, G.W. and Chang, P. Y. eds (2011), South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy to Civil Society. Oxon: Routledge.	7
10	Democratization and retreat Case of Hong Kong Readings Ngok, M. (2008), “ Civil Society and Democratization in Hong Kong Paradox and Duality”. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Volume 4, No.2: 155-175 Stephan Ortmann (2015), “The Umbrella Movement and Hong Kong’s Protracted Democratization Process”, Asian Affairs, 46:1, 32-50, DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2014.994957 Francis Lee (2020) Solidarity in the Anti-Extradition Bill movement in Hong Kong, Critical Asian Studies, 52:1, 18-32	8
11	Social Movement in authoritarian regime -Case of China Readings Wong, Natalie W.M. (2016) “Environmental protests and NIMBY activism: Local politics and waste management in Beijing and Guangzhou”, China Information, 30(2):143-164. Xi Chen (2012), Social Protest ad Contentious Authoritarianism in China (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press), Chapter 5. Andrew Mertha (2008), China’s Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change (Cornell Cornell University Press), Chapters 5 & 6. Lianjiang Li and Kevin O’Brien (2008), “Protest Leadership in Rural China,” China Quarterly, 193: 1-23. Xi Chen and Ping Xu (2011), “From Resistance to Advocacy: Political Representation for Disabled People in China,” China Quarterly, 207: 649-667.]	9
12	What Makes a Social Movement Successful? Readings: McCammon, Holly J., Karen E. Campbell, Ellen M. Granberg and Christine Mowery. 2001. “How Movements Win: Gendered Opportunity Structures and U.S. Women’s Surage Movements, 1866 to 1919.”American Sociological Review 66(1):49-70. Gamson, William A. (2015). “Defining Movement “Success”” Pp. 383-385 in The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 3rd Ed, edited by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. Pellow, David N and Robert J. Brulle. (2015) “Environmental Justice.” Pp. 391-397 in The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 3rd Ed, edited by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. Stephan, Maria J. and Erica Chenoweth. (2008). “Why civil resistance works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.” International Security, 33(1): 7-44. Ozden, J. and Glover, S. (2023). “What makes a social movement successful?”, Social Change Lab. Available at:	10
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14	Doing Social Movement Research Readings: Lichterman, Paul. (2001). “Seeing Structure Happen: Theory-Driven Participant Observation,” in Suzanne Staggenborg and Bert Klandermans (eds), Methods of Social Movement Research. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, pp. 118–45. Balsiger, Philip and Alexandre Lambelet. (2014). “Participant Observation” Pp. 144-172 in Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research, edited by Donatella della Porta. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Lindekilde, Lisa. (2014). “Discourse and Frame Analysis: In-Depth Analysis of Qualitative Data in Social Movement Research” Pp. 195-227 in Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research, edited by Donatella della Porta. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
15	*Class Presentations*
16	*Paper Consultation & Preparation*

Semester	Spring Semester, 2025
Department	International Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, First Year International Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Second Year International Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Third Year
Course Name	Political Participation and Social Movement
Instructor	WONG WAI MAN NATALIE
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite

Shin, G.W. and Chang, P. Y. eds (2011), South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy to Civil Society. Oxon: Routledge.

Wong, Natalie W.M. (2016) “Environmental protests and NIMBY activism: Local politics and waste management in Beijing and Guangzhou”, China Information, 30(2):143-164.