2012-2013 Catalog 
    
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GOVT 144A CM - Sixties Movements

This course explores the movements that led to the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the sixties. They include movements on the left, such as campaigns for civil rights, participatory democracy, gay liberation, and feminism, as well as movements on the right, such as the Goldwater insurgency, Campus Crusade, and the anti-abortion campaign. It further explores how movements work and why some succeed, while others fail. It also pays special attention to the ways in which these movements have remade American democracy and considers their place in our constitutional democracy.

Prerequisite: GOVT 020 CM 

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: GOVT144A CM