Sociology for Unionists
This course explores how participants can apply Liberation Sociology to their union work, a framework to engage in liberation for all those who experience exclusion and exploitation because of class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, and age. Beginning with an analysis of our material conditions, particularly the class structure of capitalist society, the course explores the way power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of the few and introduces the dialectical method.
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Days
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Analyse the current economic system
- Engage with potential members
- Questioning
Earning Criteria
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Define the material base as a means of understanding the key elements that lead to inequality in society
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Identify the features of neoliberalism
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Analyse the causes of and solutions to insecurity, injustice and inequality
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Define dialectics and engage in the dialectical method to uncover and critique the root causes of injustice in a situation
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Identify how you can shape and change a situation by engaging in the struggle for liberation
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Identify how you can apply liberation sociology to your union work