97285 - LAVORO E CARE REGIMES

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes - At the end of the course the students should be able to: know and use the most relevant tools of sociological analysis of economic life with specific reference to: - the concept of care regime, its transformations and implications on the relationship between production and social reproduction; - the main dynamics of care work transformation in the context of renovation of the contemporary work’s world.

Course contents

The deep ecosystem crisis we are experiencing has made visible a distinctive element of contemporary capitalism, the coexistence and strong link between the "crisis of work" and "crisis of care". Starting from this broad problematic issue, the course intends:

provide the main elements to understand, starting from a multiple and polysemic work vision, the way in which the relationships between the social organization of productive and reproductive processes have historically changed and the contradictions that this has generated in terms of emancipatory potential, social well-being, environmental protection;

provide analysis tools to grasp the main transformations of the care regimens: modalities, different in the different historical and spatial contexts, through which cooperation and the social division of labor are organized and the responsibilities of care are socially regulated and distributed between genders, generations, natives and immigrants, public and private spheres;

provide tools for analyzing the main characteristics and the most recent transformations in care work, in a broad sense (International Labor Organization, 2018) which includes health care, education, social assistance, care for frail people, children and the elderly etc., carried out in the form of employment in public and private organizations or in domestic contexts, paid and unpaid;

promote reflection on questions concerning a recomposition of the link between work and care in a perspective that focuses on the interdependence between people and between people and the wider context of life

• proposes in-depth reflections around labor disputes, relevant public controversies between expertise and lay knowledge (and, transversally, within both fields), and significant case studies for the analysis of contemporary forms of care regimes

 

Readings/Bibliography

The final references will be made available at the start of the course. The following references are indicative of the topics covered:

I module

Fraser N. (2016), Contradictions of Capital and Care, «New Left Review», 100, July-Aug.

Fraser N., (2023) Capitalismo cannibale, Laterza, Bari-Roma

Honneth A., Sennett R., Supiot A. (2020) Perché lavoro? Narrative e diritti per lavoratrici e lavoratori del XXI secolo, Feltrinelli, Milano

International Labour Office – ILO- (2018) Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work, ILO, Geneva.

Leon M. (eds.) (2014), The transformation of care in European societies, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

England P. (2005) “Emerging Theories of Care Work”, in «Annual Review of Sociology», 31:381–99.

Daly M., Lewis J., (2000), The concept of social care and the analysis of contemporary welfare states, in «British Journal of Sociology», 51/2, pp. 281–298

Casalini B. (2016) Care e riproduzione sociale. Il rimosso della politica e dell’economia in «Bollettino telematico di filosofia politica».

La Ruffa F., McGann M., Murphy M.P. (2022) Enabling Participation Income for an Eco-Social State, in «Social Policy & Society» 21:3, 508–519

Giullari B., Lucciarini S. (2023). Same job, different conditions. Comparing direct and indirect employment via procurement in public services in Italy. Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia,

Giullari B., De Angelis G., (2024) Il lavoro di cura. Un settore in crisi da abbandono in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 2, pp 53-69.

Farris S.R., Bergfeld M. (2022). Low-skill no more! essential workers, social reproduction and the legitimacy-crisis of the division of labour. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 23: 342-358.

II module

Ferreras, I., Battilana, J., Méda, D. (2022) Il manifesto del lavoro. Democratizzare, demercificare, disinquinare. Castelvecchi, Roma.

Fragnito, M., Tola, M. (2021) Ecologie della cura. Prospettive transfemministe. Orthotes, Napoli-Salerno.

Marzi, L. (2024) Raccontare la cura. Futura Editrice, Roma.

Stiegler, B. (2014 [2008]) Prendersi cura. Orthotes, Napoli-Salerno.

 

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars, presentations of relevant research. In particular, special attention will be paid to the collective discussion of labor disputes, public controversies and case studies from the most recent news and academic production.

Assessment methods

Written paper. (c.a. 5000 words)

It will produce excellent valuations: the ability to deepen and put into connection with each other the main issues addressed in the course; the use of appropriate language with the specific nature of the discipline.

It will produce discrete valuations: mnemonic knowledge of contents and partial ability to link the themes covered; the use of appropriate language.

It will produce sufficient valuations: a minimal body of knowledge on the topics covered; the use of inappropriate language.

It will produce negative valuations: lack of guidance within the themes addressed in the exam readings and training gaps; the use of inappropriate Language.

Teaching tools

Slides and other background material provided by teachers during the course and made available on Virtual.

Office hours

See the website of Barbara Giullari

See the website of Emanuele Leonardi