1. How has work and labor changed historically? Why has it become a "social problem"?
2. What is de-industrialization? What is a service economy? Describe the major aspects of service sector jobs and how they have changed the lives of workers in the United States.
3. What is resource mobilization theory? How does RMT explain strategies for changing workers' conditions?
4. What is social "framing"? Describe the ways in which framing issues create different ways of understanding and addressing social problems.
5. Describe what an "asset model" is for addressing social problems. How does it differ from other approaches to providing services or organizing workers.