EMPLOYMENT|LABOUR MARKET|LABOUR FORCE|UNIONS|PAY|WORKER WELLBEING|HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT|P

This module introduces students to contemporary issues about work, employment relations, and the labour market in advanced societies. It covers a wide range of...

Work and Employment Relations (SOCS0046)

This module introduces students to contemporary issues about work, employment relations, and the labour market in advanced societies. It covers a wide range of topics, including the nature and meaning of work, the changing labour force, women and employment, migration and work, the impact of globalisation on firms and workers, how pay is determined, job satisfaction and work attitudes, unions and collective bargaining, personnel economics, and the British labour market in a comparative perspective.

European Politics|Other European Languages and Cultural Studies|Political Theory|Politics|Sociology

This module is a Term 2 area studies module designed for the PSEES degree. The module title is deliberately provocative: ‘communist politics’ is...

This module is a Term 2 area studies module designed for the PSEES degree. The module title is deliberately provocative: ‘communist politics’ is straightforward, but could the societies of the Soviet bloc be described as ‘communist’? The module investigates how, and how much they differed from other European societies during the years 1945-91. It begins with introductory sessions on matters such as how (far) Western sociological approaches can be applied to communist-era Central and Eastern Europe, including the USSR; the Cold War context; and the increasing diversity across countries in the region from Stalin’s death onwards. From Week 3 the module roughly follows the topics taught in SESS1203 ‘Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology’, with empirical data from Soviet bloc countries. Topics will include some or all of the following: workplace socialisation and class identities; religion, atheism and secularisation; education and generational change; the nature of ethnic identification; the gender order; the sociology of opposition movements; migration; and urbanisation.