Without Father and Ford. Feminist theory in the world of work

elective courses

(in Polish) Jeden lub więcej z następujących przedmiotów: socjologia pracy, socjologia gospodarki, socjologia rodziny, socjologia problemów społecznych, socjologia płci

Classroom

The aim of the seminar is to study different approaches in the feminist theory and their application to the analysis of the social world of work. The starting point is the „Without Father and Ford” approach, which is an attempt to criticise both patriarchy and capitalism.

The feminist theories will be used to analyse the realities of postfordism – changes in work and employment in the context of prevalence of service sector, offshoring, liberalisation and privatisation of public services, neoliberal doctrine, deep changes in family patterns and new approaches to equality.

We will analyse the role of labour market and social division of labour in feminist theories in their variety – liberal and socialist.

The aim of the seminar is to study different approaches in the feminist theory and their application to the analysis of the social world of work. The starting point is the „Without Father and Ford” approach, which is an attempt to criticise both patriarchy and capitalism.

The feminist theories will be used to analyse the realities of postfordism – changes in work and employment in the context of prevalence of service sector, offshoring, liberalisation and privatisation of public services, neoliberal doctrine, deep changes in family patterns and new approaches to equality.

We will analyse the role of labour market and social division of labour in feminist theories in their variety – liberal and socialist.

In the conditions of postfordism the understaning of work and employment is crucial for feminist theory. Therefore we will study theoretical approaches to gendered structure of work, symbolic gender power and neoliberał practices, the attempt to answer if „femininity” and „masculinity” were commodified?

The seminar will be based on the careful lecture of texts concerning domestic labour, care work, paid work that will give theoretical tools. Students will learn theories and concepts concerning the social phenomena of work and gender. They will be able to produce analysis in the current economic context, understand the concept of value of work and the division into production and reproduction.

R. Connell „Socjologia płci”, Heidi Gottfried „Gender, Work and Economy”, Robyn J. Ely, E.G. Foldy i M.A. Scully „Reader in gender, work and organization”, Emma L. Jeanes, D. Knights, P.Y. Martin „Handbook of gender, work and organization”, R.T. Goodman „Gender work: feminism after neoliberalism”, P. Odih „Gender and Work in Capitalist Societies”, „Drogi feminizmu” N. Fraser, „Teoria feministyczna” bell hooks, „Intersectionality” P. Collins, S. Bilge „Theorising patriarchy” S. Walby, „Gender transformations” S. Walby, „The future of feminism” S. Walby, „Life without Father and Ford” L. McDowell „Total social organization of labour” M. Glucksmann „Unhappy marriage of feminism and marxism” H. Hartmann.

K_W03 Is aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological disputes conducted in modern sociology; is reflective and critical of various positions

K_W04 Has in-depth knowledge about social structures and selected social institutions as well as their interrelations

K_W06 Is reflective and critical of the problem of social differentiation and inequalities

K_W16 Has in-depth knowledge about major international and domestic sociological research pertaining to selected areas of social reality or sub-domains of sociology

K_W19 Has in-depth knowledge about the functioning of the economy and its relations with other social institution

K_W20 Has in-depth knowledge about the functioning and management of various types of organizations

K_W22 Has in-depth knowledge about the processes underlying social stability and change and is reflective and critical of their interpretation

K_W27 Has in-depth knowledge of the 19th, 20th and 21st ideas and social processes which have shaped the face of the modern world

K_U01 Can identify causes and predict potential effects of past and current social events; can form critical judgments about current and past social events

K_U03 Can perform a critical analysis of social phenomena and processes, particularly those concerning contemporary Polish society

K_U05 Can independently form and verify judgments about the causes of selected social phenomena

K_U14 Can form in-depth judgments about motivation of human behavior and predict its social consequences

K_U17 Can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies

K_K01 Can initiate, plan, organize and manage work of a task team

K_K02 Can propose a solution to a problem that requires an interdisciplinary research approach

K_K07 Can justify the choice of sources

Final essay, participation in discussion

To the hours allocated for classes in the room (30h) should be added the time necessary to prepare for classes (reading, reading notes) - 4h and the time necessary to prepare for the final credit (writing a final essay) - 10h

two absences possible, greater number of absences - need to make a note from the text discussed in the classes in which they did not participate

improvement - taking into account the comments made in the thesis which failed to pass the exam