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Sign upPodcast: 'In Chains' Episode 3
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.
In his first full year in office since being re-elected president, Colonel Azali Assoumani drew on his political experience to consolidate his rule at home and renew relationships with bilateral partners and international organisations. A former coup leader, he had previously served as president of the Committee of State between 1999 and 2002, and then as president of the Union of Comoros between 2002 and 2006. Beyond short-term policies to drive down the high cost of living, the new government determined that Comoros should aim to become an ‘emerging economy’. This goal influenced both domestic and foreign policy. Assoumani indicated that his government would be willing to consider revising the constitutional mechanism of the rotating presidency that he had introduced in 2002. In terms of foreign relations, Assoumani prioritised cooperation with France, whilst cementing relations with Saudi Arabia as Comoros’s principal partner in the Islamic world.