- Professor
University of Calgary
Department of Sociology
Tom Langford
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
| W2013 - SOCI 365 - Social Stratification | ||||||||||
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| W2013 - SOCI 461 - Worker Movements & Labour Unions | ||||||||||
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Recently Completed Graduate Students
Zia Rahman, PhD Supervisor June 2004 – January 2011. Dissertation: “Labour and Labour Movements in Bangladesh’s Readymade Garment Industry During the Era of Globalization (1980-2009).”
Ron Laliberte, PhD Supervisor January 2001 - September 2007. Dissertation: “Why Move Aboriginal Labour In and Then Out? The Transition of Migrant Labour from Aboriginal to Mexican Workers in Southern Alberta’s Sugar Beet Industry.”
Publications
Book
- Langford, Tom. Alberta's Day Care Controversy: From 1908 to 2009 - and Beyond. Edmonton: AU Press, 2011. Print.
Book Chapter
- Rahman, Zia and Langford, Tom. "Explaining Why Labour Unions Have Failed Bangladesh’s Garment Workers" Labour in the Global South: challenges and alternatives for workers Geneva: ILO (to appear), Print.
- Langford, Tom. "An Alternate Vision of Community: Crowsnest Miners and their Local Unions During the 1940s and 1950s" A World Apart: The Crowsnest Communities of Alberta and British Columbia Kamloops: Plateau Press, 2002. 147-157. Print.
- Langford, Tom. "Does Class Matter? Beliefs About the Economy and Politics in Postindustrial Canada." Political Sociology: Canadian Perspectives Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada, 2002. 307-324. Print.
Journal Article
- Langford, Tom. "The Hanging of Peter Abramowicz and Father John Duplanil’s Efforts to Save Him.". Alberta History 59.4 (2011): 1-9. Print.
- Rahman, Zia and Langford, Tom. "The Limitations of Global Social Movement Unionism as an Emancipatory Labour Strategy in Majority World Countries.". Socialist Studies 6.1 (2010). Print.
- Langford, Tom. "'So Dauntless In War': The Impact of Garth Turcott on Political Change in Alberta, 1966-71.". Prairie Forum 34.2 (2009): 405-434. Print.
- Langford, Tom. "Coal Miners' Resistance to Industrial Legality in Western Canada, 1940-55". Prairie Forum 31.2 (2006): 233-244. Print.
- Langford, Tom and Frazer, Chris. "The Cold War and Working Class Politics in the Coal Mining Communities of the Crowsnest Pass, 1945-1958.". Labour/Le Travail 49 (Spring).43-81 (2002). Print.
- McKendry, Rachael and Langford, Tom. "Legalized, Regulated, but Unfunded: Midwifery's Labourious Professionalization in Alberta, Canada 1975-99.". Social Science & Medicine 52(4). (2001): 531-542. Print.
- Langford, Tom and MacKinnon, Neil J.. "The Affective Bases for the Gendering of Traits.". Social Psychology Quarterly 63.1 (2000): 34-48. Print.
- Langford, Tom. "The Politics of the Canadian New Middle Class: Public/Private Sector Cleavage in the 1980s.". Canadian Journal of Sociology 21.2 (1996): 153-183. Print.
- Langford, Tom. "Strikes and Class Consciousness.". Labour/Le Travail, 34 (1994): 107-137. Print.
- MacKinnon, Neil J. and Langford, Tom. "The Meaning of Occupational Prestige Scores: A Social Psychological Analysis and Interpretation.". The Sociological Quarterly 35.2 (1994): 215-245. Print.
- Langford, Tom. "Social Experiences and Variations in Economic Beliefs Among Canadian Workers.". Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 29.4 (1992): 453-487. Print.
- Langford, Tom. "Left/Right Orientation and Political Attitudes: A Reappraisal and Class Comparison. ". Canadian Journal of Political Science XXIV.3 (1991): 475-498. Print.
Curricula Vitae
Degrees
- 1989 - Ph.D. - McMaster University
- 1984 - M.A. - University of Guelph
- 1983 - B.A. - University of Guelph
- 1975 - B.Sc. - University of Guelph
Students
Ph.D. Students:
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