This course explores contemporary developments in political economy and their impact on the structure and quality of work in the U.S. The first part of the course surveys broad trends in the American economy (i.e. the growth of the service industry and nonstandard work) and popular discourse about labor exploitation and "bad" jobs. The second part of the course traces how we arrived at this point in history by examining four key processes - globalization, deregulation, financialization, and new technologies in the workplace, such as AI and algorithmic management.

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This course provides an overview of the historical and contemporary literature on work and the labor process. We begin with the work of Marx and Taylor, and how, in the 1970s and 80s, their work was reframed and recast by Braverman, Burawoy a number of scholars. We then explore the renaissance in ethnographic research that has taken place over the last two decades as scholars have responded to the rise of the service sector, the growing precariaty of work, platform work and globalization in a post-Fordist world, and the new theoretical frameworks that are emerging.

Survey of social, political and cultural change in the Middle East from the rise of the Ottoman Empire around 1300 to the present. Topics include the impact on the Middle East of the shift in world trade from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; social, political, and cultural change; Ottoman and European relations; imperialism and revolution; World War I and the peace settlement; state formation; and the rise of nationalism and religious fundamentalism. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

Survey of social, political and cultural change in the Middle East from the rise of the Ottoman Empire around 1300 to the present. Topics include the impact on the Middle East of the shift in world trade from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; social, political, and cultural change; Ottoman and European relations; imperialism and revolution; World War I and the peace settlement; state formation; and the rise of nationalism and religious fundamentalism. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

Survey of social, political and cultural change in the Middle East from the rise of the Ottoman Empire around 1300 to the present. Topics include the impact on the Middle East of the shift in world trade from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; social, political, and cultural change; Ottoman and European relations; imperialism and revolution; World War I and the peace settlement; state formation; and the rise of nationalism and religious fundamentalism. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

Survey of social, political and cultural change in the Middle East from the rise of the Ottoman Empire around 1300 to the present. Topics include the impact on the Middle East of the shift in world trade from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; social, political, and cultural change; Ottoman and European relations; imperialism and revolution; World War I and the peace settlement; state formation; and the rise of nationalism and religious fundamentalism. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

This course uses the critical methodologies of the humanities and the social sciences to consider some of the questions provoked by the Global Black experience. Course Materials will allow students to survey the lasting contributions of Africans and their descendants to the development of various world civilizations and examine historical relationships between the individual actors and the larger social forces. The major themes that will be used to comprehend the experience of African-descended people are Loss, Identity, Gender, and Sexuality.