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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.
The year marked the tenth anniversary of the overthrow of Sir Dawda Jawara and his party, the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) – which had been ruling the country since independence in 1965 – in a bloodless military coup on 22 July 1994. The celebration of this anniversary took place in a climate of economic crisis and fear. Economic instability, frequent changes in the composition of government and the top echelons of the civil service, and restrictions on press freedom were the most striking features of economic and political life. Although the rate of inflation fell from nearly 18% at the end of 2003 to less than 10% by the end of 2004, the depreciation of the Dalasi, the Gambian currency, placed strains on family budgets, since salaries and other forms of income remained low.