Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Work

SWLF 3146  Work

Prerequisites:

24 credits completed.

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course examines paid work and its role in both the well-being and the alienation of individuals and communities. Topics covered may include the division of labour, unemployment, underemployment, job training, job insecurity, low-waged work, scientific management, the restructuring of labour processes, trade unions, collective bargaining, and workers' control of production