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This course will explore comparatively the patterns of socio-political protest activity and revolt. During the first half we shall read and discuss various theoretical approaches. The second half will be devoted to the use of these analytic orientations to analyze and understand specific cases. Throughout we shall be concerned with why various protest activities occur, what conditions promote or inhibit their growth, what course they are likely to take under different circumstances, which outcomes are most probable depending on the context, and how they can be managed or resolved at various stages. This inquiry should thus be of interest to students wishing to test the insights of the literature on social change and on conflict management, as well as those in African Studies and other area concentrations. <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>