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A Regime Analysis: Evidence from Sri Lankan Migrant Domestic Workers’ Journeys to Saudi Arabia 制度分析：来自斯里兰卡家庭佣工前往沙特阿拉伯之旅的证据

IF 2.4

Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5241

W. S. Handapangoda

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Review of: Ruth Dukes and Wolfgang Streeck (2023) Democracy at Work: Contract, Status and Post-Industrial Justice 《工作中的民主:契约、地位和后工业正义》(2023)

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5481

M. Marrone

引用次数: 2

Review of: Jan Lust (2019) Capitalism, Class and Revolution in Peru, 1980-2016 评论：Jan Lust（2019）1980-2016年秘鲁的资本主义、阶级与革命

IF 2.4

Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i2.5404

S. Saravia

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A Short History of the Informal Economy 非正式经济简史

IF 2.4

Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i1.5277

J. Breman

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Is There a Dualistic Protection System for Migrant Domestic Workers? The "Easy" and "Speedy" Ratification of the ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers in Italy 流动家庭佣工是否存在二元保护制度?意大利“容易”和“迅速”批准国际劳工组织《家庭工人体面工作公约》

IF 2.4

Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i1.5035

Rie Miyazaki

引用次数: 0

Review of: Nithya Natarajan and Laurie Parsons (eds) (2021) Climate Change in the Global Workplace - Labour, Adaptation and Resistance 评论：Nithya Natarajan和Laurie Parsons（编辑）（2021）《全球工作场所的气候变化——劳动、适应和抵抗》

IF 2.4

Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v14i1.5255

Thomas Klikauer

引用次数: 1

Water Grabbing, Capitalist Accumulation and Resistance: Conceptualising the Multiple Dimensions of Class Struggle 夺水、资本主义积累与反抗：阶级斗争的多维度概念