Speaker : Prof. Jeff Goodwin (New York University). Discussant : Cesar Guzman (SNS)

In recent years the field of social movement studies, especially in the U.S., has almost totally ignored political contention involving the American working class. In addition, the field has almost completely ignored contention involving African Americans and Latinos in the post-civil rights era. Many scholars remain concerned with working-class, Black, and Latino politics, but they generally affiliate themselves with labor studies and race and ethnic studies, not with social movement studies. This is clearly detrimental to the theoretical development of social movement studies and also prevents the field from addressing some of the most important developments in the United States over the past 40 years.

The talk will take place at the EUI Seminar room (ground floor), Villa Pagliaiuola , Via delle Palazzine 17-19  on the 13rd of May from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM