SOCB54H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cultural Capital, Industrial Revolution, Knowledge Worker
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Cities such as toronto, vancouver, new york and london we can observe well-dressed, Contemporary debates on work (1950s to present day) Introduction mobile professionals streaming through bustling airports and gleaming office towers working their cellphones while hailing cabs or boarding planes, en route to the next destination. In countries such as bangladesh and china young workers typically women stitch the latest fashions or assemble laptops, working long days in poort conditions that eerily resemble the early factories and sweatshops discussed in chapter 1. New occupations and ways of working have sprung up. New economic regions and new forms of globalized production have also emerged along with political arrangements favouring freer trade, globalization and the deregulation of labour markerts. This chapter examines developments from the 1950s to the present, including postindustriallism, globalization, economic restructuring and the rise of new economic regions. Canada had a strong resource- and manufacturing-based economy by the early 20th century.
