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Autumn
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This module explores the centrality of labour in contemporary and historical development, with a focus on how labour is shaping today’s emerging economies. It places multiple work and labour relations, from factory work and slavery in the industrial revolution, to the surge in informality and the precariat in the global economy of the twenty-first century, at the centre of our inquiry about developmental trajectories. The interactions between these types of labour help us explain how different economic arrangements emerged and how they have changed over time. Organized labour informed the creation of welfare states, while labour conditions and regulations are key to social and economic security. At the same time, the reproduction of labour forces relies on a wide range of gendered relationships and processes, some of which traditionally have taken place within the household, but that have been increasingly commodified and commercialised in recent decades. This module provides frameworks for understanding these processes as well as the policy challenges they generate, demonstrating that labour remains an indispensable analytical category for development studies.
class presentation (10%)
2,000 words policy memo (90%)
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