Article writing homework help

Article writing homework help. Instructions
Assignment Instructions
We have discussed ongoing changes in major social institutions affecting work, society, and the quality of life. By “institutions” we mean organized systems like governments, businesses, and unions. But all of these are driven and shaped in the end by groups of people organizing around their dissatisfaction with the status quo. We refer to these forms of collective action as social or political movements.  Social movements are the force that makes real social change. They are hard to predict or understand: they come and go, rise and fall back unexpectedly. They can be “conservative,” defending an old way of life, or “progressive,” advocating a new vision of society. They can also be simply chaotic. In the 19th and 20th centuries social scientists focused largely on class-based movements in which workers and the poor organized against employers and/or the government. There are growing questions now about whether class is the most powerful organizing force. Some write about “new social movements” centered on social identities like race, gender or ethnicity.
Read:

1. Guiner, Lani.  Beyond Legislatures:  Social Movements, Social Change, and the Possibilities of Demosprudence.
2. Harold Meyerson, The Seeds of a New Labor Movement
3. Sarah Leonard, The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for the New Century

Forum:

1. Describe an example of “demosprudence” in the United States or another society. What group initially expressed dissatisfaction with the status quo, and what actions did it take to expand the audience for their movement?

1. In your ideal democracy, who would be responsible for ensuring that laws reflect society’s contemporary notions of justice or fairness? Explain your reasoning, and identify what roles “institutions” and “social movements” would play.

FIRST POST (50 points)

• Describe an example of “demosprudence” in the United States or another society. What group initially expressed dissatisfaction with the status quo, and what actions did it take to expand the audience for their movement? [25 points]

 

Objective	Possible Points	Total Points
Define demosprudence	5
Identify a group that expressed dissatisfaction	5
Identify and analyze the actions taken	10
Use and cite external sources	5

 

• In your ideal democracy, who would be responsible for ensuring that laws reflect society’s contemporary notions of justice or fairness? Explain your reasoning, and identify what roles “institutions” and “social movements” would play.  [25 points]

 

Objective	Possible Points	Total Points
Identify who (what individuals or institutions) are responsible	5
Explain why they are responsible	10
Discuss the roles of institutions and social movements	5
Use and cite external sources	5

SECOND POST (50 points)

Objective	Possible Points	Total Points
Identifying your reaction (agreement, disagreement, etc.)	10
Focusing on a group member or members or the group as a whole	10
Providing a substantive response	10
Providing evidence or anecdotal evidence	10
Quality of the writing	10

 

Article writing homework help