Fall/Winter Timetable

POL2321H1F L0101

Undergraduate Course Code: POL438H1F L0101

Topics in Comparative Politics I

Globalization, Automation, and Labour

Themes

This seminar examines the prominent sources of labour precarity and how workers — across different institutional settings — respond to these threats. The course covers phenomena such as workplace technological change/automation, international trade, and the economic rise of China, as well as their consequences, including growing inequality, the revival of the radical right, protectionism, and demand for redistributive policies.

Texts

Carl Benedikt Frey, The Technology Trap (Princeton University Press). Douglas Irwin, Free Trade Under Fire (Princeton University Press).

Format and Requirements

One two-hour seminar per week. Requirements TBA.