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SOCS241 Sociology of Work

10 cp
Prerequisites 10 cp from 100-level units in Sociology
Incompatible SOCI241 Sociology of Work
Teaching Organisation A variety of teaching formats will be employed. These include lectures, tutorials, workshops, and seminars.

This subject is designed to give students a clear understanding of work in its widest meaning - as an integral part of social life. The subject will focus on the changing meaning and context of work across time and space, from European pre-industrial households to the formal, informal and domestic economies of modern capitalist societies. Particular attention will be paid to the nature and ramifications of the radical restructuring of work that is currently occurring around the world, particularly from economic globalisation. An understanding of this restructuring is vitally important, for it is poised to profoundly change the nature of social life and has the potential to exacerbate existing levels of social inequality.

  • Social impacts of the restructuring of work and labour market changes.
  • The future of work, extrapolating from contemporary trends in order to assess the future direction that work and society will take. Consideration of the notion that we are seeing the end of work.

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