GOVT 3785

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GOVT 3785
Civil Disobedience

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

This course will expose students to the theory and practice of civil disobedience in historical and contemporary perspectives. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? What makes disobedience civil rather than criminal? How do people take power into their own hands without recourse to violence? How has political dissent transformed in a digital era? And how do acts of protest influence public opinion and policy? We will pursue answers to these questions and others through studying both classic theorists of civil disobedience and contemporary debates about whistleblowing, direct action, nonviolence, and hacktivism.

When Offered Fall.

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3785

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16439 GOVT 3785   LEC 001

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