14 665J - Labor Market Regulation and Career Mobility

Institution:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Subject:

Description:

Examines the way in which workers organize to structure and regulate the labor market and how those efforts interact with (as cause and effect) career mobility. Particular focus on the contrast between union organization and government regulation and on the shift from mobilization around class to mobilization around race, sex and ethnicity. Contrast between unified systems of regulation (France, Spain, Latin America) and fragmented systems (United States).

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Prereq: Permission of instructor

Corequisites:

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Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

web.mit.edu/student/

Phone Number:

(617) 253-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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