SSCI 1300U Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mark Granovetter, Deskilling, Social Capital
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Industrial societies (late 18th century: key changes, emergence of factories. Instead of skill, based on current performances: parkinson"s law: work expands to fill the time available to the worker. Embedded ties: everyone in the network knows everyone. Weak ties as bridges: circle represents people, dotted line weak, weak ties can be connected straight line: strong ties. What kinds of ties are being encouraged, strong ties or weak ties: dq: how do you find jobs outside of your social networks, charity village, gojobs. ca, uoit job positing. Unemployment: discriminatory unemployment- discrimination against particular social groups which differentially shapes their access into paid employment. Why: compare annual earnings for full-time workers only by gender, compare hourly wages of workers by gender, no matter how you calculate, the gap still remains, **education does not mediate this gap** Sex workers: debate over terminology: prostitution vs. sex work, the term "prostitution" historically used in the legal context in canada, the term "sex work" ismore recent.
