International & Comparative Labor (ILRIC)Industrial and Labor Relations

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

ILRIC 2301

Focuses on the international migration experience through the perspective of migrants themselves, drawing upon first-person accounts, letters and interviews, fiction and nonfiction. Looks at global and ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15270 ILRIC 2301   SEM 101

  • This course fulfills the ILR Advanced Writing requirement. Enrollment is restricted to ILR Sophomores and others with permission of the instructor.

ILRIC 2350

Provides an introduction to how globalization is changing the nature of work, labor, and capital. It examines both contemporary and historical debates about globalization, but also covers a number ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14966 ILRIC 2350   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 115
    • Applegate, R

      Batt, R

      Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

ILRIC 3375

This course focuses on the evolution, current trajectories, and methods to improve labor practices in global supply chains. We will examine the key issue of why, after 25 years of corporate efforts and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15295 ILRIC 3375   LEC 001

ILRIC 3380

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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  • 17470 ILRIC 3380   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 115
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

ILRIC 3557

Do you want to learn the discussion-based case method as taught at the Harvard Business School? Do you want to learn how to write a long research paper? Do you not want to take a final examination? If ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEM 3557GOVT 3557NBA 5300

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16978 ILRIC 3557   LEC 001

  • 16980 ILRIC 3557   DIS 201

  • 16981 ILRIC 3557   DIS 202

  • 16982 ILRIC 3557   DIS 203

  • 16983 ILRIC 3557   DIS 204

  • 16984 ILRIC 3557   DIS 205

ILRIC 4325

Examines the history of and contemporary change in the institutions underpinning the "European Social Model."  Europe has long been known for its strong labor unions and social regulation of labor markets. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRIC 6325

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15296 ILRIC 4325   LEC 001

ILRIC 4360

Globalization is having an increasingly significant impact on international disability policy. This course will provide students an introduction to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15181 ILRIC 4360   LEC 001

    • M Ives Hall 105
    • Bruyere, S

      Golden, T

ILRIC 5380

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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  • 17471 ILRIC 5380   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 115
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

ILRIC 6010

Provides an introduction to the challenges posed by the movement of people across borders. Examines the links between globalization and migration, and explores the implications of contemporary migrations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 6210LSP 6010

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16860 ILRIC 6010   LEC 001

ILRIC 6020

Covers recent and current developments in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and socially responsible investment (SRI) in a context of economic globalization. First classes set a foundation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16863 ILRIC 6020   LEC 001

ILRIC 6325

Examines the history of and contemporary change in the institutions underpinning the "European Social Model."  Europe has long been known for its strong labor unions and social regulation of labor markets. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRIC 4325

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15297 ILRIC 6325   LEC 001

  • This course focuses on distinctive features of the 'European social model' -- theory/history on why traditional institutions (encompassing bargaining, etc.) were established in the past -- discussion of different institutional models within Europe -- and how/why these are changing. Classes would include overview of competing theories; national case studies; discussion of the impact of EU social/market policies.

ILRIC 7350

The study of work - and specifically wage labor - has been integral to sociology from the earliest days of the discipline. Although capitalism has evolved over the past century+, work remains a prism that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 7350SOC 7350

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18406 ILRIC 7350   LEC 001

ILRIC 9800

Provides a forum for the presentation of current research being undertaken by faculty members and graduate students in the Department of International and Comparative Labor, and by invited guests. All ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 9800

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 17481 ILRIC 9800   SEM 101