Contents of ADUL 1877/CONT 1022 - Introduction to Social Theory

Module Introduction and Information

Unit 1 - Understanding Industrial Society
Unit Information and Introduction
1.1. Marx and Work in Industrial Society
1.1.1 Marx on Labour in Capitalist Society
1.1.2 Alienation
1.1.3 Exploitation
1.1.4 Summary
1.2. Twentieth Century Capitalism
1.2.1 Taylorism and Fordism
1.2.2 Summary
1.3 Modern Industrial Society and its Critics
1.3.1 Braverman's 'deskilling thesis'
1.3.2 Critics of Braverman
1.3.3 Workers' Resistance
1.3.4 Summary
1.4 Structure and Agency in Industrial Society
1.4.1 Summary
1.5 Work and Class in Late-industrial Society
1.5.1 Summary
1.6 Conclusion
Assessed Learning Activity 1
References

Unit 2 - Class Unit Information and Introduction
2.1 Wealth Inequalities
2.1.1.Summary
2.2 Social Stratification and Social Class
2.2.1 Summary
2.3 Marx's Theory of Class
2.3.1 Summary
2.4 Weber on Class and Status
2.4.1. Summary
2.5 Structure and Agency in Marx and Weber
2.5.1 Summary
2.6 Applying Marx and Weber's Theories of Social Stratification
2.6.1 Summary
2.7 Beyond Social Class?
2.7.1 Summary
2.8 Conclusion
Assessed Learning Activity 2
References

Unit 3 - Power
Unit Information and Introduction
3.1 The Nature of Power
3.1.1 Summary
3.2 Theories of Power
3.2.1Marxism
3.2.2 Weber
3.2.3 Foucault
3.2.4 Summary
3.3 Power at Work
3.3.1The End of a 'job for life'?
3.3.2 Summary
3.4 Conclusion
Assessed Learning Activity 3
References

Unit 4 Post Industrial Society
Unit Information and Introduction
4.1 Globalisation
4.1.1. Summary
4.2 The Post-Industrial Society Thesis
4.2.1 Post-Industrial Society - Critique
4.2.2.Summary
4.3 Neo-Fordism and Post-Fordism
4.3.1 Regulationists or 'neo-Fordists'
4.3.2 Post-Fordists
4.3.3 Summary
4.4 Disorganised Capitalism
4.4.1 Summary
4.5 Risk society
4.5.1 Summary
Conclusion
Assessed Learning Activity 4

References
Commentaries
Appendices