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In the third episode of our new themed series In Chains, we speak with Dr. Alexis Aronowitz from University College Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, who is the author of the article, “Regulating business involvement in labor exploitation and human trafficking” published in Journal of Labor and Society.
Brill Publishes Two New Book Series in the Social Sciences
Brill is pleased to announce the addition of two new peer-reviewed book series to its Social Sciences publishing program: International Studies in Maritime Sociology and Studies in Political Economy of Global Labor and Work. The series will be published online and in print.
Brill adds Two New Journals to Its Social Sciences Publishing Program
Two journals, the Journal of Labor and Society (JLSO) and Protest, have been added to Brill’s expanding publishing program in the Social Sciences. Both journals will be published online and in print. Previous volumes of JLSO are already available on Brill’s website, the first issues of Protest are planned for publication in 2021.
The effects of the Darfur crisis continued to dominate the domestic and foreign politics of Chad. During 2005, the conflict, in which the Sudanese army allied with Arab militias, the Janjaweed, is fighting against rebels supported by black African ethnic groups, gradually spilled over the border. Discontent with President Déby's handling of the Darfur affair fuelled tensions in the ruling circles around the president and in the leadership of the army, and led to the desertion of hundreds of troops towards the east, where two new opposition groups emerged this year, ‘Socle pour le Changement, l'Unité Nationale et la Démocratie’ (SCUD, literally Platform for Change, National Unity and Democracy) and ‘Front pour la Liberté et la Démocratie’ (FLD, Rally for Democracy and Liberty). The unrest in the eastern part of the country led to tense relationships between Chad and Sudan, who exchanged accusations that each was supporting rebels in the other's country. Efforts to find a diplomatic solution involved the AU and CEMAC, turning the Sudan-Chad conflict into a regional issue.