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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 2005, the Nigerian government demonstrated convincing leadership for the first time since it came to power as an elected body in 1999. Under the undisputed leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo, it revealed a hitherto unknown capacity for managing and, to a fairly large extent, preventing a threatening internal crisis by withdrawing the most powerful local militias from the field of operations, largely by legal means. In fact, in what was a remarkable achievement, the government even reached a debt relief deal with the Paris Club, unprecedented in the history of the creditors' club. This, in conjunction with a personal triumph in the supreme court over the outcome of the 2003 presidential elections and wide-ranging banking reform, paved the way for the commencement of a public debate on amending the constitution in favour of the incumbent. Notwithstanding these achievements, in comparative terms the level of violence in the country was still fairly high. Interestingly, while the federal government was able to mobilise sustainable support from Western countries and institutions in stabilising Nigeria, there was not too much progress registered in crisis management on the African home front, in particular the serious crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.