Sociology 2169 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Economic Restructuring, Lean Manufacturing, Transnationalism
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Work and industry the organizations and experience of work chapter one. Use value" what is produced has some value accompanied with it (can include personal and/or social work) Definition covers both paid work and domestic work. Sociology the study of human society: sociologists are interested in how work is organized and how it relates to other social institutions. Work is a social activity that occurs in numerous social locations and institutions. Affected by: processes of social change and produces many outcomes for. Three themes in the sociology of work: people: sociological research is concerned with the impact if social structure on people and the ways in which people shape social institutions. Karl marx believes people make their own history, but not spontaneously, under conditions they have chosen for themselves; rather on terms immediately existing, given and handed down to them".