Module Identifier | HYM4230 | ||
Module Title | THE WORKING CLASS AND LABOUR MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Roger Price | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Other staff | Professor Aled Jones, Professor William Rubinstein, Professor Gareth Williams, Dr Sian Nicholas, Dr Gareth Popkins, Dr Peter Lambert | ||
Course delivery | Seminar | 16 Hours (8 x 2 hours) | |
Assessment | Essay | 1 x 3,000 unassessed essay; 1 x 8,000 assessed essay |
Brief description
This module explores the formation of working class identities in Britain, France, Germany and Russia. It exmines the ways in which individual national political cultures coloured the development of labour movement politics, and looks at the complex relationship between labour movements and the working class itself.