The course deals with theories that consecuenses leads to integration or marginalization in organizations. Of special importance in which gender and ethnicity has are in focus.

Lecturers and seminars

Seminars 2,5 hp
Oral and written presentation and individual report 5,0 hp

Students must register for the courses themselves, or contact ETS educational administration eduets@ltu.se, not later than three days after the quarter commences. Failure to do so can result in the place being lost. This rule also applies to students with a guaranteed place.

Elisabeth Berg

Main Course Text (Book)
Acker, J (2005) Class Questions: Feminist Answers. Berkeley: Altamira Press. ISBN 0-7425-4630-6.

Five Articles as Starter References: Gender, Ethnicity and some Approaches
Acker, J. (1990) Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations, Gender & Society, 4, 2, 139-158.
Acker, J. (2006) Inequality regimes, Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations, Gender & Society, 20, 4, 441-464.
De Lauretis, T. (1989) The Essence of the Triangle or, Taking the Risk of Essentialism Seriously: Feminist Theory in Italy, the U.S., and Britain, Differences, 1, 2, 3-37.
Melucci, A. and Avritzer, (2000) Complexity, Cultural Pluralism and Democracy: Collective action in the public space, Social Science Information, 39, 4, 507-27.
Rucht, D. and Neidhardt, F. (2002) Towards a Movement Society? On the possibilities of institutionalizing social movements, Social Movement Studies, 1, 1, 7-30.

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Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences

Study guidance for the course is to be found in our learning platform Canvas before the course starts. Students applying for single subject courses get more information in the Welcome letter. You will find the learning platform via My LTU.

by Saila Piippola 13 Mar 2012

by Director of Undergraduate Studies Daniel Örtqvist, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences 15 Feb 2017