POL 507 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Ned Ludd, Web 2.0, Luddite

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 507
• Professor: Robert Marshall

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Workers are now located globally and connected to their managers 24/7. Technology caused a shift in the roles and working conditions of labourers. Allowed employers to hire non-skilled workers at lower wages, leading to an increase in unemployment among highly skilled craftspeople. Machine breaking des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)es (cid:449)orkers" e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272), so(cid:272)ial, a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ork (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges related to industrialization. Luddites utilized guerrilla tactics, attacking or even killing the owners of machinery and threatening local officials who collaborated with employers. Ned ludd was a weaver who was whipped by his master. Neo- luddism: often used in the digital era by advocates of technology to describe in negative terms those individuals who are opposed to or who question technological developments. Taylorism, scientific management aims to increase worker efficiency through the application of the scientific method to the understanding of labour. Developed a system a scientific management which he believed would allow industrialists to minimize waste and maximize output.