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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, ...
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Sozial verantwortliche Beschaffung von Informationstechnik
(ICCD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2013-01)
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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 ...
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Zukunft der Wirtschaft
(Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, 2001)
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Social Inequality and Social Policy outside the OECD
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
Almost all Latin American countries are still marked by extreme forms of social inequality –
and to an extent, this seems to be the case regardless of national differences in the
economic development model or the strength of democracy and the welfare state. Recent
research highlights the fact that the heterogeneous labour markets in the region are a key
source of inequality. At the same time, there is a strengthening of ‘exclusive’ social policy,
which is located at the fault lines of the labour market and is ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Mercosur–EU Agreement: Impact on Agriculture, Environment, and Consumers
(kassel university press, 2020-05-06)
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China's Labor Question
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2011)
The Honda workers’ strike in 2010 attracted world wide attention. It was one of thousands of labor disputes that happen every year in China, but it was the first major calling for the right of workers to represent themselves in collective bargaining. The question of representation is therefore the main topic of the book. The various contributors to this volume share the view that the Chinese party-state takes the protest against social inequality seriously. It has enacted many laws aimed at channeling dissatisfaction ...
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The Pursuit of Alternatives
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2012)
Stories of peoples’ struggles across the globe are testaments to their determination to resist exploitation and injustice, and to imagine and construct their own narratives of economic and political difference. These stories of emancipatory moments demonstrate that something radically different in terms of dominant socio-economic relations and mental conceptions of the world may arise out of and beyond capitalism. The Pursuit of Alternatives: Stories of Peoples’ Economic and Political Struggles Around the World ...