29527 - History of Work and Social Relationships (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

To enable the students to analyse the main changes that have occurred during the industrial age, both from the point of view of economic processes and from that of social relationships, and, furthermore, to undertake comparative analyses of different contexts in time and place, with particular reference to the European and Atlantic area.

Course contents

Course title:

  Labour Precariousness and Social Instability

 

Course content:

The restructuring processes that have characterized capitalist development over the past forty years have led to an increasing marginalization of  labour, its reduction to a mere instrument for obtaining income and more often in precarious forms.
This resulted in the increasing depletion of two of the main functions historically performed by the labour: to contribute to define the social relationships and to provide the basis for claiming new social and political rights.
The failure of these two functions results in a mounting instability in late capitalist society.
The aim of the course is to examine the history and dynamics of these phenomena with particular reference to the Euro-Atlantic  area and to consider the open issues.

 

Time and Place of  Lessons

 Lessons will begin on 30th January 2012 and will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from one to 3 p.m., in Aula VI (ground floor), via Zamboni, 38.

Readings/Bibliography

The following list comprises an initial, essential bibliography. It helps the students to choose the 2 texts useful in the preparation of the exam (see Assessment Methods). At the start of the course the list will be discussed and integrated on the basis of any other eventual choices, bearing in mind students' interests.

 

Aglietta M., G. Lunghini, Sul capitalismo contemporaneo, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2001;

Altieri G. (a cura di), Uomini e donne moderni. Le differenze di genere nel lavoro e nella famiglia: nuovi modelli da sostenere, Ediesse, 2007.

Ambrosiani M., B. Becalli (cur.), Lavoro e nuova cittadinanza, cittadinanza e nuovi lavori, Angeli, Milano, 2000

Barbier J-C., H. Nadel, La flessibilità del lavoro e dell'occupazione, Donzelli, Roma, 2002;

Bauman Z., Lavoro, consumismo e nuove povertà, Città aperta, Troina, 2004

Beck U.,  Il lavoro nell'epoca della fine del lavoro. Tramonto delle sicurezze e nuovo impegno civile, Einaudi, Torino, 2000

Castel R., Les métamorphoses de la question sociale. Une chronique du salariat, Fayard, Paris, 1995

Castles S., G. Kosack, Immigrazione e sfruttamento di classe in Europa occidentale, Angeli, Milano, 1984

Daniel C., B. Parlier (dir.), La protection sociale en Europe, La Documentation Fraçaise, Paris, 2001

Elster J., Il cemento della società. Uno studio sull'ordine sociale, il Mulino, Bologna, 1995;

Esping –Andersen G., I fondamenti sociali delle economie postindustriali, il Mulino, Bologna 2000

Fitoussi J.-P., La democrazia e il mercato, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2004

Fumagalli, A. Lavoro. Vecchio e nuovo sfruttamento, Punto Rosso, Milano, 2006;

Gallino L., Il lavoro non è una merce. Contro la flessibilità, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2007

Harvey D., Breve storia del neoliberismo, il Saggiatore, Milano, 2007

Kergoat J.,  et al., Le monde du travail, La Découverte, Paris, 1998

Kolberg J.E. (ed.), Between Work and Social Citizenship, M.E. Sharpe, Armonck, N.Y., 1992

Lestrade B., S. Boutillier (sous la direction), Les mutations du travail en Europe, L'Hartman, paris, 2000;

Livi Bacci M., G. Errera, Intervista sulla demografia. Sviluppo, stato sociale, migrazioni, globalizzazione e politica, Etas, Milano, 2001;

Masulli I. (a cura di), Precarietà del lavoro e società precaria, Carocci Editore, Roma, 2004

Masulli I., Welfare State e patto sociale in Europa. Gran Bretagna, Germania, Francia, Italia, 1945  – 1985, CLUEB, Bologna, 2003

Masulli, I., Gli aspetti economico-sociali della crisi degli anni Settanta e le trasformazioni successive, in Gli anni Settanta tra crisi mondiale e movimenti collettivi, a cura di A. De Bernardi, V. Romitelli, C. Cretella, Archetipolibri, Bologna, 2009

Méda, D., Società senza lavoro. Per una nuova filosofia dell'occupazione, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1997;

Mezzadra, S., Diritto di fuga, Ombre corte, Verona, 2006

Petras, J., H. Veltmeyer, System in Crisis, the Dynamics of Free Market Capitalism, Zed Books, London, 2003;

Reich, B.R., L'economia delle nazioni: lavoro, imprese, politica, economia nei paesi del capitalismo globalizzato, Il sole-24 ore, Milano, 2003

Silver Beverly, J., Le forze del lavoro, Bruno Mondadori, Milano, 2008;

Supiot, A. (cur.), Il futuro del lavoro: trasformazioni dell'occupazione e prospettive della regolazione del lavoro in Europa, Carocci, Roma, 2003;

Touraine, A. La globalizzazione e la fine del sociale. Per comprendere il mondo contemporaneo, il Saggiatore, Milano, 2008

Waddington, J. (ed.), Globalization and Patterns of Labour Resistance, Mansell, London etc. 1999.

Teaching methods

The didactic approach, which will be discussed with students at the start of the course, foresees a first introductory part, during which the teacher will set out the main aspects of the topic proposed. This will be followed by a census concerning students' needs for clarification and/or deeper knowledge of the subject and also concerning the themes each of them found most interesting. On the basis of this, it will be possible to organise the second part of the course, with suggestions for an individual bibliography and the active participation of students in the discussion. The second part, therefore, foresees lessons that will leave ample room for students' comments and discussions. For those of them who so desire, this activity may give rise to a seminar, which will be complementary to the course and fully optional.

Assessment methods

For those students attending lessons the exam will consist in an oral presentation about one of the topics chosen by individuals or by any small groups that may have been constituted. In the case of participation in the seminar, the presentation will summarise the contribution made to it (see the indications given in the point above).

Students who do not attend classes can prepare the exam by studying two of the texts indicated in the reading list.

Teaching tools

The computer will be mainly used to prepare the teaching materials that the teacher and the students consider useful, but may also serve to carry out a wider, more personal search for bibliography.

Links to further information

http://www.dds.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Ignazio Masulli