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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.
President Azali Assoumani consolidated his hold on power by winning a snap presidential election in March. Opposition candidates denounced the authoritarian and restrictive conditions under which the campaign took place. Citing irregularities, an international observer mission declined to validate the conduct of the election. The opposition established a National Transition Council in an effort to have the election nullified. Its first president, Colonel Soilihi Mohamed was arrested and then co-opted. However, with his presidency widely recognised by the international community, Assoumani ignored the Council’s demands that he step down. In April, the islands were hit by Cyclone Kenneth, which caused widespread damage to infrastructure and devastated much of the agricultural sector. The imf coordinated an international relief and rebuilding effort. The World Bank recategorised Comoros as a ‘middle income country’ from its previous categorisation as a ‘least developed country’. At the end of the year, a conference of international investors, hosted by the French government and designed to finance the Emerging Comoros Plan, resulted in pledges of investment amounting to $ 4.3 bn.