SOC 268

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SOC 268

Sociology of Work SOC 268 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	16	16	Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;	No	Yes

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999 )

As a central component of everyday life, work represents a source of material survival and socio-economic 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 US society,focusing on topics such as: new management systems, paid vs. unpaid work, gendered work, emotional labor and service employment, the increase in temporary and other "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.

MAJOR READINGS

Grahamn, ON THE LINE AT SUBARU-ISUZU: THE
JAPANESE MODEL AND THE AMERICAN WORKER
MacDonald and Sirianni, WORKING IN THE SERVICE SOCIETY
Pierce, "Reproducing Gender Relations in Large Law Firms:
The Role of Emotional Labor in Paralegal Work"

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three brief reading-response papers, and an analysis of a workplace or an occupation (10-12 pp)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Do not take this course if you are already taking more than four (4) credits total.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 0.50 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC

Prerequisites: SOC 151

Section 01: Clawson, M; Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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