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SOC556: Sociology of Work (Not available in 2010)

Examine the changing nature of work and workplace cultures and the relationships between differing forms of work in contemporary society. Analyses of issues related to gender, ethnicity and class as they interrelate with the labour process provide core themes. Topics include relationships between employment and unemployment, paid and unpaid work, formal and informal economies, technological change, deskilling and reskilling, broad patterns of production and consumption, and the relative power of capital, the state, the professions and unions.

Related Unit Codes:

Points

4

Enrolment Options

Not available 2010

Contact Time

Lectures/seminars/tutorials: up to 3 hours per week.

Prerequisites

Enrolment in Honours or Postgraduate-level courses.

Notes

Postgraduate students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit.

School

School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Unit Coordinator

Associate Professor Michael Campion

  • Position:
Associate Professor in Sociology
  • E-mail:
M.Campion@murdoch.edu.au
  • Location:
Murdoch Campus
Social Sciences
Room 2.010
  • Phone:
    Prefix: +618
9360 6400
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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:

APMISIN

Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)

CEJTOKYO

Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)

JKURASHIKI

NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)

KDUPG

KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)

KDUPJ

KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)

SGP-REPOLY

Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)

SMANUFED

Singapore Manufacturing Federation

ZHENGZHOU

Zhengzhou University (China)