This course explores how precarious employment and labour arises; the nature and forms of precariousness; how race, citizenship, gender, religion, and location impact precarity; the link between labor and social movements; and types of political and economic initiatives in response to the deepening precarity. Precludes additional credit for HUMR 4505 (no longer offered). Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing. Seminar three hours a week.
This course explores how precarious employment and labour arises; the nature and forms of precariousness; how race, citizenship, gender, religion, and location impact precarity; the link between labor and social movements; and types of political and economic initiatives in response to the deepening precarity. Precludes additional credit for HUMR 4505 (no longer offered). Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing. Seminar three hours a week.