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Crosslistings: AMST 268 |
As a central component of everyday life, work represents a source of material survival and socioeconomic status, a means of exercising knowledge and skill, and a site of social relations that include domination, compliance, resistance, friendship, solidarity, rivalry, recognition and devaluation. This course will examine the experience of work in contemporary U.S. society, focusing on topics such as new management systems, paid vs. unpaid work, gendered work, emotional labor and "nonstandard" forms of work, emerging redefinitions of the professional career, the future of work. Readings primarily based on ethnographic accounts, culminating in your own analysis of a workplace or an occupation.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: .5 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS SOC Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: SOC151 Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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