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Labour institutions and the dynamic production of informality: collective organisation of hard-to-reach workers in Tanzania 劳工制度和非正式的动态生产:坦桑尼亚难以接触的工人的集体组织

Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i3.5330

Ilona Steiler

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Review of Agarwala, Rina (2022) The Migration-Development Regime: How Class Shapes Indian Emigration Agarwala, Rina(2022)《移民-发展机制:阶级如何塑造印度移民》

Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i3.5629

S. Irudaya Rajan

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Review of: Praveen Jha, Avinash Kumar and Yamini Mishra (eds) (2020) Labouring Women: Issues and Challenges in Contemporary India 评论:Praveen Jha, Avinash Kumar和Yamini Mishra(编)(2020)劳动妇女:当代印度的问题和挑战

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5405

Madhuri Kamtam

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From Pension Reform to Regime Crisis: The Social Movement of 2023 in France 从养老金改革到政权危机:2023年法国的社会运动

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5519

P. Rouxel, Karel Yon

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Review of: Trevor Ngwane and Malehoko Tshoaedi (eds) (2021) The Fourth industrial Revolution: A Sociological Critique 书评:Trevor Ngwane和Malehoko Tshoaedi(编)(2021)第四次工业革命:社会学批判

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5479

Fuzile Jwara

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Industrial Action in South Africa (2000-2020): Reading Strike Statistics Qualitatively 南非的工业行动(2000-2020):定性解读罢工统计数据

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5111

Eddie Cottle

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Do Labour Standards Improve Employment Relationships in Global Production Networks? A Cross-sector Study in Brazil 劳动标准能改善全球生产网络中的就业关系吗？巴西跨部门研究

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5088

Jean-Christophe Graz, Patrícia Rocha Lemos, Andréia Galvão

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Review of: Jenny Chan, Mark Selden and Pun Ngai (2020) Dying for an iPhone: Apple, Foxconn, and the Lives of China’s Workers 评论:陈珍妮、马克·塞尔登和潘恩(2020)《为iPhone而死:苹果、富士康和中国工人的生活》

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5502

Jaesok Kim

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Precarious Work and the Gendered Individualisation of Risk in the South African Manufacturing Sector, 2002–2017 2002-2017年，南非制造业的不稳定工作和风险的性别个性化

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5098

Siviwe Mhlana

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Commercial Surrogacy: Invisible Reproductive Workers in Ghana 商业代孕:加纳的隐形生殖工作者

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5287

Owusu Boampong, Sabina Appiah-Boateng, N. Yaw Osei, R.K.Y. Ametefe

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