SOCY 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Knowledge Worker, Creative Class, Deindustrialization
21 Jan 2017
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Socy 336 lecture # 4 (week 2) Last time: historical theoretical perspectives on work. Outline: rethinking industrial capitalism, post-industrialism, power and inequality in knowledge work, globalization, contemporary trends. Logic of industrialism" thesis: suggests convergence" in national outcomes, looking beyond economic markets, considering the role of the state (e. g. china, india, russia and its uneven path. Involves a lot of capital, money, investment. Job had gendered division of labour thus workers in packaging were impacted (mostly women) Change in 20th and 21st centuries: multi-national corporations. We see expansion of multi-national corporations: stock exchanges. Control over labour is more diffused: the managerial revolution. Growth in managers new class that emerged. Re-skilling as technology develops being more flexible e. g. hours, schedule, traveling, relocating for work, etc. After industrialism type of occupation that dominate the society. Jobs require knowledge-based skills apply what we know to our jobs. What sorts of occupations might counts as post-industrial" jobs: post-industrialism & deindustrialization:
