SOCIOL 208

Work and Life

Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for SOCIOL 208.

Description

Examines the changing relations between work and life outside of paid employment. Particular attention is paid to new forms of expropriation that profit from claiming private ownership of collective effort, ideas and cultural forms. These developments are crucial to understanding and contesting social inequality, globalisation, organisational restructuring and new technologies. Course material is drawn from international literatures and is grounded in an understanding of contemporary New Zealand.

Availability 2016

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Associate Professor Campbell Jones

Points

SOCIOL 208: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a minimum B+ pass