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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 most critical issue during the year was the deterioration of the precarious security situation, particularly in the urban areas of Maiduguri (Borno state), Potiskum and Damaturu (Yobe state), and Kano and Kaduna (capitals of the states of the same name). Clashes between factions of the Islamic sect ‘Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lid Da’awati Wal Jihad’, better known as Boko Haram, and security forces, particularly military units of the ‘Joint Task Force’ (JTF), took place almost every day, with dozens of deaths on both sides. (Boko Haram is generally translated as ‘Western education is forbidden’. In fact, the original meaning is ‘deceit, or fraud (boko), is forbidden’; the meaning ‘Western education’ accrued later.) The structural weakness of the Nigerian police forced the military to shoulder most of the burden of dealing with the insurgents and criminals. Several hundred people, including innocent persons and security personnel, as well as alleged members and sympathisers of the sect, fell victim to bomb attacks, suicide bombings, counter-attacks, indiscriminate killings and deadly raids on barracks, police stations, churches, mosques, schools, hide-outs, villages, outdoor refreshment stops and prisons. At year’s end, some 1,000 people had lost their lives. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for most of the attacks, although it had allegedly split into various splinter groups such as the more radical Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (meaning ‘Vanguards for the protection of Muslims in Black Africa’), better known as Ansaru. Sophisticated criminal gangs from all parts of the country were also at work, using the same name. Those arrested included a significant number of security personnel actively involved in the movement. Such complications defeated any attempt to draw a clear line between sectarian clashes and organised crime in the poverty-stricken far North.