Exam 1 Essay 1 
Exam 1 – Essay Question Due Date: 10/2/14
The essay is due with your exam. Late or handwritten versions will not be accepted. The essay should be 2 pages long, double spaced and written in an 11 point Arial font. The essay is worth 14 points.
ProPublica has a featured investigation on the issues involved with temporary labor in the US. It is located at http://www.propublica.org/series/temp-land. There are four feature stories “Temporary Work, Lasting Harm”, “US Lags Behind World in Temp Worker Protections”, “The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed”, “Taken for a Ride: Temp Agencies and ‘Raiteros’ in Immigrant Chicago”.
You should also read “The Rise of the Permanent Temp Economy” (available at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/the-rise-of-the-permanent-temp-economy/)at the New York Times.
Read these articles and use the material in the articles to answer the following questions.
Conduct a structural functionalist analysis of temporary labor in the United States. How does temporary labor serve a positive function for society as a whole?
Conduct a functional analysis (Gans) of temporary labor in the United States. What are the positive functions of temporary labor? Who benefits from these positive functions? What are the negative functions? Who experiences these negative functions
Conduct a Marxist analysis of temporary labor in the United States. What is the role of social class in determining who benefits from temporary labor? The article “Taken for a Ride: Temp Agencies and ‘Raiteros’ in Immigrant Chicago” may be helpful in this analysis.
You can also watch a short documentary at http://www.vice.com/vice-news/permanently-temporary-the-truth-about-temp-labor-full-length.
The essay is due with your exam. Late or handwritten versions will not be accepted. The essay should be 2 pages long, double spaced and written in an 11 point Arial font. The essay is worth 14 points.
ProPublica has a featured investigation on the issues involved with temporary labor in the US. It is located at http://www.propublica.org/series/temp-land. There are four feature stories “Temporary Work, Lasting Harm”, “US Lags Behind World in Temp Worker Protections”, “The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed”, “Taken for a Ride: Temp Agencies and ‘Raiteros’ in Immigrant Chicago”.
You should also read “The Rise of the Permanent Temp Economy” (available at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/the-rise-of-the-permanent-temp-economy/)at the New York Times.
Read these articles and use the material in the articles to answer the following questions.
Conduct a structural functionalist analysis of temporary labor in the United States. How does temporary labor serve a positive function for society as a whole?
Conduct a functional analysis (Gans) of temporary labor in the United States. What are the positive functions of temporary labor? Who benefits from these positive functions? What are the negative functions? Who experiences these negative functions
Conduct a Marxist analysis of temporary labor in the United States. What is the role of social class in determining who benefits from temporary labor? The article “Taken for a Ride: Temp Agencies and ‘Raiteros’ in Immigrant Chicago” may be helpful in this analysis.
You can also watch a short documentary at http://www.vice.com/vice-news/permanently-temporary-the-truth-about-temp-labor-full-length.