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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.
Once again, Nigeria faced enormous security and political challenges. Throughout the year, the political and socioeconomic situation was characterised by the country’s slow economic recovery, triggered to a large extent by surging oil and gas prices, as well as by the ongoing Islamist insurgency in the North East, by the precarious situation in the North Central states, and by the widespread and well-organised banditry in most parts of the North West. The persistent high crime rate in almost all 36 federal states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja played its part in the overall situation of uncertainty. This situation was exacerbated by worsening tensions in the Igbo heartland in the South East where, nevertheless, out-of-cycle gubernatorial elections due in one state were held. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, no longer took centre stage.