SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Blue-Collar Worker, Tertiary Sector Of The Economy, Absenteeism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Week 16: economy and society i: work and production (part 2) History & the employer-labour process- employee relationship: the employer-labour process- employee relationship is socio-historical not inevitable. Its constraints on employees and employers are historical- part of the economic field and habitus of the employees and employers. Increases productive forces in the body; decreases resistant forces: disciplinary strategies developed in micro situations, discipline occurs in several institutions- the disciplinary society develops, power and aptitude increased while self-determination and self-realization reduced. "capillaries of power" spread throughout social institutions: self-discipline- constant self-supervision- recursive practices- carrying out duties with accuracy, speed and without resistance, docile bodies reflect particular aspects of habitus- structuring structures creating structured structures. Scientific management taylorism: efficiency- frank and lillian gilbreth- time and motion studies, three premises, utilitarianism- utility maximization; individual pursuit met general interest, people will resist change, scientific approach to work would benefit workers and management.