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| SOCI2242-1 | Sociology of work : European prospects
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Aude Lejeune |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The objective of the course is to educate students to critically analyze the different work contexts in Europe and to compare them.
The course aims to show how work is organized in Europe, the different actors involved in work and relevant organizations:
-social protection systems
-professional relationship systems
(Trade unions, employers, the nation state, etc.).
-the European actors who regulate the job market at a European and international level (European agencies, the European Trade Union Confederation, etc.).
-the types of standards that are decreed
Directives, recommendations, etc.).
In order to suggest a sociological approach to work in Europe, this presentation covers the analysis of concrete problems (discrimination at work, professional risk, the average number of working hours, the minimum wage, the balance between working life and family life, etc.). Through reading scientific and press articles, several dimensions of the different work contexts in Europe will be examined:
-how do the different actors mobilize in each country?
-what resources do they have?
-what are the constraints that they are faced with? |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The objective of this seminar is to encourage the students to think about the comparison methods used in the main European surveys (and to think also about the limitations of these methods, in particular, where the choice of indicators is concerned, etc.), to think about the different levels of governance (national supranational and transnational), about the socio-political challenges involved in the construction of a European space and the differences between the different states.
By the end of this seminar the students will be capable of:
-identifying and understanding the different methods of comparison in social sciences.
-carrying out a comparative analysis of a work-related topic by linking this topic with social protection systems/ professional relationships, in particular, by identifying certain key variables.
-carrying out an analysis of the different levels (national and supranational) of regulation of a sector, in this case the work sector.
-developing a spirit if criticism with regard to data collection methods, comparison criteria or selected statistical indicators. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Readings file, available at "items online" |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Assessment will consist of written personal work, which will be defended during the January session. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Aude Lejeune, aude.lejeune@ulg.ac.be, 04/366 31 12, ISHS, Boulevard du Rectorat 7, B31, 4000 Liège |
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| Items online : |
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| Article Lefresne & Sauviat |
| § Florence Lefresne et Catherine Sauviat, 2009. « Restructurations. Mode de gouvernance et régimes de restructuration : une étude de cas », Travail et Emploi, 117, p. 39-51. |
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| Article Letablier |
| Marie-Thérèse Letablier, 2009. « Régimes d'Etat providence et conventions de genre en Europe », Informations sociales, 151, p. 102-109. |
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| Présentation du cours |
| Présentation du cours |
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| Texte B. Palier |
| Bruno Palier, 2006. « Refonder la protection sociale : les expériences européennes », Esprit, n°5, p. 53-78. |
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| Texte Graziano, Jacquot & Palier |
| Paolo Graziano, Sophie Jacquot et Bruno Palier, 2013. « Usages et européanisation : de l'influence multiforme de l'Union européenne sur les réformes des systèmes nationaux de protection sociale », Politique européenne, 40, p. 95-118. |
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| Article Hassenteufel |
| Patrick Hassenteufel, 2005. « De la comparaison internationale à la comparaison transnationale. Les déplacements de la construction d'objets comparatifs en matière de politiques publiques », Revue française de science politique, 55(1), p. 113-132. |
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| Texte Hilal |
| Nadia Hilal, 2006. « Effets pervers des déréglementations européennes : le cas du transport routier de marchandises », Sociologie du Travail, 48, p. 175-187. |
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