Research Workshop, Public Policies and Social Stratification in Chile

This is my fourth semester in Sociology, my degree. This semester I don't have only one favorite subject. My favorite subjects are three: "Research Workshop", "Public Policies" and "Social Stratification in Chile". 

In "Research Workshop" I can choose a free topic for research. My favorite field is Sociology of Work, so my research is about the vocational identities and the collective action in the tertiary sector new employees. Since this year, "Research Workshop" is the first stage of the thesis, so it is an important subject. I'm very excited, but I need to read a lot! 

In "Public Policies" you can design and implement a policy to try to solve problems in an organization or association. I'm working with FECH (University of Chile Student Federation). The problem that I try to solve is the student participation, because it is very low.

In "Social Stratification in Chile" you can be aware about the intellectual debate in our country, social classes and the social position of people within a social group. Sometimes in classes, the teacher (Barozet, I love her!) invites experts in some matters for talking with the students. That's very entertaining! My research in this subject is about the opportunities in the Private Higher Education Institutions. 

An expert in my field: Enrique De la Garza

My favorite sociology field is Sociology of Work. The Sociology of Work goes back to the classical sociological theorist: Marx, Durkheim and Weber, all considered the analysis of modern work to be central to the field of sociology. For example, Marx was the first social theorist to really examine the conditions of work in factories during the industrial revolution.
An expert in that field is the mexican sociologist Enrique De la Garza. 

De la Garza is teacher in Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico. 

He has written 250 articles for scientific magazines, about Labor Process Theory, the employment relationship, situation of work and modes of production in Latina America, among others. 

Some books written by him are: Latino American Treatise of Sociology of Work and Social Theories and Studies of Work.

His contribution is very important for me, because this year I started my research about the vocational identities and the collective action in the tertiary sector new employees. But, I think that the problem of De la Garza is the absence in his theory of collective action. So, the perspective of the author for me is incomplete and more theoretical than practice.