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Curr. 2021 § 5 (1) 10: The students can explain theories and analyses of the emergence and transformation of social institutions - in particular institutions of politics, the market and civil society. They can analyse the modes of operation and interactions of these institutions in societies. The students know central social science debates, terms and methods for analysing the market, state and social institutions and organizations. 

In this course, you will explore theoretical approaches and empirical developments related to the institutional frameworks and organizational forms of paid and unpaid work. We will address questions such as: What counts as “work,” and what does not? How is paid work evolving? How is work connected to the state, the market, gender, and family? How is “work” understood and structured in a global context?

Presentations, literature discussions, peer-group work

Active participation, annotated bibliographies, commentary on textbook excerpt

Pflüger, Jessica; Pongratz, Hans J. (Manuskript): Arbeitssoziologie: Eine Einführung. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag.

Edgell, Stephen; Granter, Edward (2020): The sociology of work. Continuity and change in paid and unpaid work. 3rd edition. Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne: SAGE.

McDonough, Brian; Parry, Jane (2024): Sociology, Work, and Organisations. A Global Context. London: Routledge.

Menz, Wolfgang; Seeliger, Martin (2024): Soziologie der Arbeit. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.

Wharton, Amy S. (2022): Advanced introduction to the sociology of work. Cheltenham, UK (Elgar advanced introductions)

successful completion of the module 2