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Lesson 1

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Video

Job Security in an Insecure Time | America Inside…

by National Geographic
Essential Resource Video

What is the Precariat | Guy Standing | TEDxPrague

by TEDx Talks
Essential Resource Video

SOCIOLOGY - Max Weber

by The School of Life
Essential Resource Video

A Brief Introduction to Marxism

by The Curious Classroom
Wider Reading eBook

A Brief History of Neoliberalism

by Harvey, D.
Wider Reading eBook

Risk Society

by Beck, U.

Lesson 2

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Video

Sociology ShortCuts: Risk Society

by ShortCutsTv
Essential Resource Other

Structuration theory

by Sheposh, R.
Essential Resource Video

Ulrich Becks concept of the Risk Society

by Steven Threadgold
Essential Resource Website

Resilience

by American Psychological Association
Wider Reading eBook

A Brief History of Neoliberalism

by Harvey, D.
Wider Reading eBook

Risk Society

by Beck, U.
Wider Reading Website

Seven Things Resilient Employees Do Differently

by Davis, P.

Lesson 3

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Video

Noam Chomsky on Corporations

by Andy80o
Essential Resource Video

Current Trends in Social Mobility: Raj Chetty

by Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
Essential Resource Video

Lord Anthony Giddens | Homeless Billionaire |…

by OxfordUnion
Essential Resource Video

How Corporations Became so Powerful in 6 Minutes

by Thought Monkey
Wider Reading eBook

A Brief History of Neoliberalism

by Harvey, D.
Wider Reading Other

In China, human costs are built into an iPad

by Duhigg, C. and Barboza, D.
Wider Reading Website

Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers…

by Wakefield, J.
Wider Reading Website

Hyatt Hurts: hotel workers organise global…

by Wolf, N.
Wider Reading eBook

Globalization

by Bauman, Z.

Lesson 4

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Video

Why SpaceX Can't Hire Non-US Citizens

by Insider Tech
Essential Resource Video

Health and safety issues for low-wage temp agency…

by IWH Research
Essential Resource Video

Our democracy no longer represents the people.…

by TEDx Talks
Essential Resource Website

‘I felt a nausea of fury’ – how I faced the…

by Malik, N.
Essential Resource Video

Globalization explained (explainity® explainer…

by explainitychannel
Wider Reading Website

'Five-year rule' triggers 'Tohoku…

by Okunuki, H.
Wider Reading Other

A New Wave of Dissent in Japan Is Openly and…

by Fackler, M.

Lesson 5

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Video

Jordan Peterson discusses whether men and women…

by Jeremy Vine & Daytime on 5
Essential Resource Website

Low-income tenants face 'heat, eat or pay…

by Butler, P.
Essential Resource Website

Tokyo medical school admits changing results to…

by McCurry, J. and agencies
Essential Resource Video

Richard Sennett: "The Decline of the Skills…

by UC Berkeley Events
Essential Resource Video

Moving Beyond Basic Needs to Break the Cycle of…

by TEDx Talks
Essential Resource eBook

Reimagining the Purpose of Schools and…

by Montgomery, A. and Kehoe, I. (eds)

Lesson 6

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Video

Social Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #21

by CrashCourse
Essential Resource Video

Why gender equality is good for everyone — men…

by TED
Essential Resource Video

Arlie Russell Hochschild: Marx, class and politics

by Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Essential Resource Website

Most Britons regard themselves as working class,…

by Butler, P.
Essential Resource Website

Diane Reay on Education and Class

by Social Science Bites
Wider Reading Article

Reconfigurations of Gender and Class Relations:…

by McDowell, L.
Wider Reading Article

What happened to class?

by Smith, N.

Lesson 7

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Website

Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present…

by Varoufakis, Y.
Essential Resource Video

Mark Blyth on Austerity

by Brown University
Essential Resource Video

Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S., Crippling…

by Democracy Now!
Essential Resource Video

Yanis Varoufakis: The Greek Financial Crisis…

by People's PPE
Essential Resource Website

Austerity's effects are driving social…

by Shennan, G.
Essential Resource Video

Austerity Explained

by thatswhytv
Essential Resource Article

Consequences of Job Insecurity on the…

by Nella, D. et al.
Wider Reading eBook

Globalization

by Bauman, Z.
Wider Reading Article

The Political Economics of Austerity

by Konzelmann, S. J.
Wider Reading Article

Austerity in the city: Economic crisis and urban…

by Donald, B. et al.

Lesson 8

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Website

Cheap labour, ruined lives

by Denny, C.
Essential Resource Website

Most parents can't find enough time to play…

by Asthana, A. and Slater, C.
Essential Resource Video

A Briefer History of Time: How technology changes…

by HistoryMarvelous
Essential Resource Video

A brief sociology of time | Stewart Lockie |…

by TEDx Talks
Wider Reading Article

Social Cohesion, Social Capital and the…

by Forrest, R. and Kearns, A.

Lesson 9

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Video

Keynote address from Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Inc

by European Data Protection Supervisor
Essential Resource Video

Privacy Rights vs. Employee Tracking

by KPBS Public Media
Essential Resource Website

New spying tools patented by Microsoft

by EDRi
Essential Resource Video

Privacy in the Digital Age | Nicholas Martino |…

by TEDx Talks
Essential Resource Article

Power, Control and Computer-based Performance…

by Ball, K. and Wilson, D. C.
Essential Resource Video

Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters

by TED
Essential Resource Article

Electronic Performance Monitoring and Social…

by Aiello, J. R. and Kolb, K. J.

Lesson 10

Key Text eBook

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Standing, G.
Essential Resource Video

Companies Cope with Aging Workforce

by CBS
Essential Resource Website

Disabled people face unlimited unpaid work or…

by Malik, S.
Essential Resource Article

Positive affect as coercive strategy:…

by Friedli, L. and Stearn, R.
Essential Resource Video

Let's change the way we think about old age…

by TEDx Talks
Essential Resource Video

Re-thinking the way we value older workers | Tony…

by TEDx Talks
Essential Resource Video

Damian Grimshaw on the rise of precarious work

by International Labour Organization
Essential Resource Video

Guy Ryder on employment trends for 2018

by International Labour Organization
Essential Resource Website

Lost cities #10: Fordlandia – the failure of…

by Reed, D.
Wider Reading Other

Recession, Vulnerable Workers and Immigration

by Rogers, A. et al.
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