Labour Process Theory

Academic year 2025/2026
Lecturer Guglielmo Giuseppe Maria Meardi

Examination procedure

<p>Class participation and final 3,000-word essay on a theoretical or empirical dispute</p>

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Syllabus

The course will examine and critically assess the theoretical foundations of labour process analysis, around the themes of control, consent, resistance, as well as its more recent empirical applications, on issues such as the emotional labour process, the link to comparative political economy and global value chains, the new service economy, new technologies and algorithmic management.

Bibliographical references

P. Thompson and C. Smith, Working Lives (2010)

Special Issue of Sociologia del Lavoro: New Directions in Labour Process Theory (2024)