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The Containment of Labour Unrest in the Post Socialist China
(2011-07-25)
Due to its transition from the socialist mode of production to the capitalist mode, workers in China have been exposed to the exploitative class relations that they hardly experienced before. The working class is now assuming a subordinate position in the relations of production while the capitalist class remains in the dominant position. As a consequence, workers’ protests are constantly emerging and class conflicts are exacerbating in the contemporary China. I have set out to study in this paper how the party-state ...
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Brexit as a conjuncture
(2018-02-27)
This academic paper presents the results of a small-scale research project with the title “Brexit as a conjuncture”. We combine the theoretical reflection on the conjunctural tendencies in the United Kingdom (UK) since the Thatcher era with the empirical media analysis at the moment of the rupture. Unlike academic papers that discuss either political and economic reasons of Brexit (see Clarke, Goodwin and Whiteley, 2016; Arnorsson and Zoega, 2016) or its conjunctural dynamics (see Jessop, 2016), our work combines the ...
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‘Ethical’, but Gender-Biased?
(2008-11-17)
The migration of healthcare professionals from developing to developed countries, often aided by recruitment agencies, is a phenomenon of great international concern, as reflected in the construction of numerous ethical recruitment codes, which aim to govern the process. In an attempt to provide an overview of the situation, dealing specifically with the migration of nurses, as well as a critical and gender sensitive analysis of the codes, this paper follows three broad steps: first, it reviews the literature dedicated ...
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Eine quantitative Analyse des Extraktivismus in Lateinamerika
(Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Fachgebiet Internationale und Intergesellschaftliche Beziehungen, 2012)
Unter dem Schlagwort “(Neo-)Extraktivismus” ist in den vergangenen Jahren eine rege Debatte über die Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik der neuen progressiven Regierungen in Lateinamerika entstanden. Kern des Konzepts ist die Kritik an einer hauptsächlich auf Rohstoffausbeutung basierenden Wachstums- und Entwicklungsstrategie, die, so die Vertreter der Debatte, für weite Teile der Region Lateinamerikas und der Karibik (nach wie vor) als vorherrschend betrachtet werden kann. Die geführte Auseinandersetzung basiert jedoch ...
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Informalidad laboral y clases sociales en Argentina
(Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Fachgebiet Internationale und Intergesellschaftliche Beziehungen, 2012)
Das Working Paper analysiert die Sozialstruktur Argentiniens in den letzten vierzig Jahren. Schwerpunktmäßig werden dabei die Veränderungen der gesellschaftlichen Stratifizierung identifiziert, die in drei soziale Klassen, die obere, die mittlere und die untere Klasse eingeteilt werden. Drei Debatten werden dabei beleuchtet: Erstens die methodologische Frage, welche Kriterien geeignet sind um angemessene Unterscheidungen zwischen den verschiedenen Klassen, insbesondere die Abgrenzung der Mittelklasse vorzunehmen. ...
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Klimaanpassungspolitik in Nicaragua
(Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Fachgebiet Internationale und Intergesellschaftliche Beziehungen, 2014)
Das Working Paper diskutiert top down initiierte Klimaanpassungspolitik in Nicaragua und präsentiert alternative Akteure der Sensibilisierung für Klimawandel und Partizipationsformen im ländlichen Raum. Aufbauend auf früheren Studien wird dabei angenommen, dass die top down initiierten Partizipationsformen in dem zentralamerikanischen Land keine gleichberechtigten Zugangsmöglichkeiten der Gesellschaftsmitglieder an politischen Verhandlungen erzeugen und strukturelle Exklusionsmechanismen nur durch die BewohnerInnen ...
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Core Labor Rights
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
The working paper’s main objective is to explore the extent to which non-compliance to international labor rights is caused by global competition. From the perspective of institutional economics, compliance with core labor rights is beneficial for sustainable development. Nonetheless, violations of these rights occur on a massive scale. The violators usually blame competitive pressures. A number of studies have come to the conclusion that non-compliance does not provide for a competitive edge, thereby denying any ...
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Work and economic security in the 21st century
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2011-02)
In recent decades there has been a transformation of two central concepts of modernity – labour and the household. Ela Bhatt – the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA), has made an important contribution to this transformation. Through the emergence of unions such as SEWA, the notion of who represents labour is being broadened; the marginalised are finding an institutional voice. Increasingly, the household is being recognised as a site of both production and reproduction. SEWA is not a ...
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Together?
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
This paper explores the relationship between migrant leaders and labour rights activists starting with the acknowledgment that this is often a source of frustration for all subjects involved. The collaboration between organisations of migrants and those of workers is not always smooth and truly collaborative, yet foreign workers have an increasing importance in the negotiation of better labour rights in Europe. The topic is discussed by taking the case of migrant domestic labour in Italy and the experience of Italian ...
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Opportunities and constraints of peri-urban buffalo and dairy cattle systems in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
In the big cities of Pakistan, peri-urban dairy production plays an important role for household
income generation and the supply of milk and meat to the urban population. On the other hand,
milk production in general, and peri-urban dairy production in particular, faces numerous problems
that have been well known for decades. Peri-urban dairy producers have been especially neglected
by politicians as well as non-government-organizations (NGOs).
Against this background, a study in Pakistan’s third largest city, ...