SOCY 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blue-Collar Worker, Deindustrialization, Creative Class
8 Feb 2017
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Logic of industrialism" thesis: suggests convergence" in national outcomes. As countries went through the industrialization process, they become similar. Culture and social relations will be the dominant outcome of work. Logic of industrialism: looking beyond economic markets. The goal to raise the standard of living for everyone: considering the role of the state (e. g. , china, india) canada: colonial legacy, russia and its uneven path. Industrialization does not always produce the same results. Change in 20th and 21st centuries: multi-national corporations: white collar occupations, stock exchanges, the managerial revolution (new class of workers): conflict between workers and managers. Replacement by tech, re-skilling, more flexibility, finding a job, loss of security. Post-industrialism: what does post-industrialism mean? type of occupation that dominate the economy, jobs require knowledge-based skills. 1: what sorts of occupations might count as post-industrial" jobs? lower-tear service jobs are considers unskilled but really is different skill.
