Course purpose

• The course deals with work and its central role in individual and social life. The focus of this course is work: how it developed into its present forms; how it is organised; how individuals experience it; and the social relationships and institutional frameworks so essential for it to occur. The future of work will also be explored.

Content (Syllabus outline)

• Work from a historical perspective (from work as an economic activity to work as employment)
• Division of labour and work through the perspectives of society and of individual
• Work, profession, professionalisation and social inequality
• Impact of globalisation on the concept of work
• New forms of employment, unemployment, nonpaid work, precarious work, work out of employment
• Demographic changes and employment trends
• The future of work