The course highlights the importance of different labor structures, such as professions, social classes, industries, unions and job positions, for the organization of people's daily lives. The main axes of the course are modern theories on the role of labor in post-industrial societies, the dynamics of technological revolutions and in particular artificial intelligence, the expansion of the service sector and the importance of skilled labor. Theories on the duality and segmentation of the labor market and their relationship with the policies of regulation/deregulation of labor relations are also approached. At the same time, emphasis is placed on the issue of the relationship of work with specific social strata, such as the precarious and the working poor, on the issue of gender differences in work and professions, on the systems of organization and control of work activity and working time, on individuals' assessments of the satisfaction and quality of their work, on social policies related to work, as well as on the content of the demands of labor social movements.
Organization of the presentations
- Classical theories on the social division of labor and
professional differentiation. - Theoretical Directions in the Sociology of Work I (Management-
psychologistic, Durkheimian-systemic, Symbolic interaction). - Theoretical Directions in the Sociology of Labor II (Weberiani,
Marxist, Postmodern). - Work in the era of artificial intelligence technologies.
- Knowledge, social institutions and social division of labor.
- Duality and segmentation in the labor market.
- Fordist and post-Fordist model of work organization.
- New forms of employment and job insecurity.
- Professional differentiation, prestige and socio-economic status.
- Labor markets, social welfare systems and social movements.
- Work, Gender and Family.
- Work values, work orientation and job satisfaction.
- Summing up.
