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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 2004, Nigeria experienced a wave of hitherto unknown political violence, ethnic and religious conflict and organised crime, affecting almost all the 36 states and Abuja. The conflicts sometimes reached a level that threatened the political system and endangered the still infant democratisation process. While the shariah issue lost political momentum in the world's biggest Christian-Islamic country, infighting for resource and financial control, especially at state and council level, reached new heights. Several local militias were able to increase their political influence and some even successfully turned themselves into local and regional powerbrokers. The federal government responded by pursuing a strategy of political dialogue and force, depending on the perceived relevance of the issue for the central government. In conjunction with the intensity and variety of conflicts, this policy revealed the weakness of the modern institutions and caused widespread frustration with the political and very limited economic progress. Against this background, President Olusegun Obasanjo and his government started a new economic and social reform programme and scheduled a national conference for early 2005 to create at least some legacy of ‘democracy dividend’ and economic progress.