POLT 219 - Work, Workers and Trade Unions in Advanced Capitalist Societies

Next Offered: 2009-2010
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3 SS, WR

This course examines the nature and organization of work in capitalist societies, and the forms of labor organization created by workers. It is a comparative course, looking at Western Europe, Japan, and the United States. Among the topics covered are: conflict and cooperation in the workplace, the intersection of race, class and gender at work, types of trade unionism, the labor process, the role of the state and employers in industrial relations, and labor politics. Enrollment Limit: 30.

Instructor: C. Howell