1) Describe the main characteristics of the labour regimes that emerged amidst the
neoliberal transformation of capitalism. What are the implications of the globalization of
production for the utilization of labour? (500 words)
2) Define precarious labour and discuss the factors that explain its growing relevance in the
neoliberal stage of capitalism? (500 words)
3) Discuss the roles of the household and its relations to the sphere of production in
capitalism. How have these roles been affected by the end of the Fordist labour regime? (500 words)
4) Define: Labour process
5) Define: Modularization in context of global labour economy
6) Define: Informal economy in context of global labour economy
Use sources below:
Taylor, Marcus and Sébastien Rioux. 2018. Global Labour Studies. Malen, MA: Polity.
Taylor, Marcus and Sébastien Rioux. 2018. Global Labour Studies. Malen, MA: Polity. Chapter 6: Labour in the informal economy.
Taylor, Marcus and Sébastien Rioux. 2018. Global Labour Studies. Malen, MA: Polity. Chapter 3: “Labour regimes” and chapter 5: “Formal work in transition.”
Munck, R. (2002). Globalisation and labour: The new “great transformation.” Zed Books. Part 1. “History of Labour.”
Weil. (2019). Understanding the Present and Future of Work in the Fissured Workplace Context. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 5(5), 147.
