GENDER AND TRADE UNIONS: SOCIOLOGY 4s3/6s3 (MCMASTER); SOC/ANTHROP 86-484 (GUELPH)

INSTRUCTOR: CARL CUNEO

Questions for: Dual Nature of Trade Unions and its Relation toPatriarchy (Patriarchy/Bureaucracy Vs Feminism/Democracy?)


1) What are the main dimensions and definitions of patriarchy?

2) What are the main differences among orthodox Marxists, marxist feminists, socialist feminists, radical feminists, and liberal feminists?

3) How do the theoretical/ideological currents listed in No. (2) above take a different approach to the components of patriarchy listed in No. (1) above?

4) What are the major schools and their main components in the optimistic and pessimistic traditions discussed by Richard Hyman?

5) What notions of the dual nature of trade unionism can you derive from Richard Hyman?

6) What happens to notions of the dual nature of trade unionism when we introduce questions of patriarchy and feminism into Richard Hyman's article?

7) Are there any systematic relations among patriarchy/bureaucracy and feminism/democracy in trade union organizations?


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