SOCI 312 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Economic Liberalism, Union Busting, Profit Maximization
9 Mar 2018
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"the golden age" of work and its decline. Kalleberg, "economic transformation and the decline of institutional protections" pg. 21-39. Caused by globalization of production, technological change, and continued rise of service sector, and political decisions to deregulate markets--weakened unions. Employment systems in the postwar period, 1945-mid 1970s. 50s-60s: "age of security" during which economic growth was linked to security. Companies served the need to managers rather than stockholders=ability to grow, increase in white collar occupations. Blue-collar jobs expanded=good pay, job security, few skill, unionized. Unions: negotiated benefits for their members, while union threat effects led nonunion employers to provide similar benefits to their workers in order to forestall further unionization. 1970s: social contact= institutionalized the mutual expectation and obligations for work and employment relationships held by workers, employers, and their communities. Interventionist political environment that was favorable to all employees and provided a relatively strong safety net beneath the labor market.
