Work, Inequality, and Social Change

This course aims to introduce key questions in the sociology of work. Why are some jobs so much worse than other? How are workers hired for different jobs and how do schools prepare them? How have workers tried to change society, and what explains their successes and failures? The goal of this course is to understand how workplace processes relates to key forms of inequality and the promises and pitfalls of collective action. To do so we review key theoretical concepts and empirical studies across a broad range of workplaces.