Liverpool, United Kingdom

The Making of Black and White Working Class in Liverpool

This module will introduce a number of selected case studies which showcase the makings of class and racial dynamics in modern Liverpool. The module means to use a post-colonial analysis of critical Atlanticist theory, specifically racial capitalism, to explore how class was formed through racial lines in the city and how these distinctions have impacted working class histories within the city. Our discussions will focus on events such as the Toxteth Uprising, the Militant Council, the 1990s dockworkers strike, the 1911 Liverpool general transport strike, the deportation of Chinese workers and the history of slavery to explore intra-working class
relations, trade unionism and the impact of racialism on not just bourgeois/proletariat relations but also amongst differences of worker organisations and the ideologies they represent. An analysis of intersectionality and class will thus be the primary point of exploration in the city.

Course leader

Sam Glasper

Course aim

- To develop confidence in understanding and communicating complex ideas in written
language.
- To develop skills in research and collaborative learning.
- To provide students with a knowledge of critical theory and how to analyse dynamics of
class and race in modern political history, using an international theory of the political
economy and its relation from First the Third World.

Credits info

5 EC
Modules are equivalent to 2.5 ECTS.

Fee info

EUR 0: Module must be taken as part of a Week 4-6 or Week 1-6 International Summer School programme, so no individual module prices are available.