Paychecks and Power: Work
and Labor Markets in the U.S.
Sociology 201B, Summer
2014
SLN: 13465
TTh 8:30 -
10:40
The
questions of who we are and what we do are closely linked. The aim of this
course is to understand what it means to study work and labor markets from a
sociological perspective and to connect our own experiences to the world around
us. Over the course of the term, we will answer the following
questions:
- What
is the structure of the labor market in the United States? How and why has it
changed over the last century?
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What are the processes by which people are matched to jobs? Do these processes
work well?
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How do jobs and work contribute to social structure and inequality?
- How
do our other identities and roles interact with the labor market? How do our
racial and gender identities and our roles as parents, partners and students
shape our experiences in the labor market?
For more
information see: https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/904690/assignments/syllabus
