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Resistance and a Conservative Working Class in China
“Precarity, Cognitive (Non-)Resistance and the Conservative Working Class in China” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1576215) is a new article by Jake Lin of the Institute of International Relations, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. This is a third article for a special issue on … Continue reading
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Tagged China, class politics, cognitive resistance, Jake Lin, Labour, Neo-liberalism, Precarity
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Open Access Books
We have noticed that Routledge is making some of its books open access. We are not sure exactly how to find them all, but in searching the publisher’s site we found two that may be of interest for JCA readers. … Continue reading
Issue 1 for 2018 published
Issue number 1 in Volume 48 (2018) of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically. It is available from the publisher’s site. This number is a regular issue, featuring research articles, a commentary and book reviews. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Brown, Ashley South, Bali, Burma, capitalism, China, Chris King-Chi Chan, developmental state, Diego Fossati, Fabio Scarpello, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Jong-Woon Lee, Kevin Gray, Kevin Hewison, Kosmas Tsokhas, Labour, Myanmar, Nana Okura Gagne, North Korea, Philippines, Richard Westra, state, Thailand, Yi Xu
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Anti-sweatshop Campaigns between China and Hong Kong
A new paper by Yi Xu of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and Chris King-Chi Chan of the City University of Hong Kong is now available at the JCA publisher’s webpage. Conductive Activism: Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns across Hong Kong and Mainland … Continue reading
Unfree Labour and Coffee in Colonial Indonesia
In a new review at JCA, long-time Editorial Board member Alec Gordon reviews Jan Breman’s Mobilizing Labour for the Global Coffee Market: Profits from an Unfree Work Regime in Colonial Java, published by the Amsterdam University Press in 2015. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Gordon, Colonial power, Indonesia, Jan Bremen, Labour
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Commodifying labour power in China
JCA co-editor Richard Westra, from the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University in Japan, has a new Commentary available from the publisher’s website. “A Theoretical Note on Commodification of Labour Power in China and the Global Putting-Out System” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1324040) … Continue reading
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Tagged China, commodification of labour power, global value chains, Labour, Marx, Marxism, Polanyi, putting-out system, Richard Westra
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Neo-liberalism and Mining in India
Matilde Adduci of the Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società at the University of Turin has a new article, just made available at the JCA publisher’s page. Neo-Liberalism, Mining and Labour in the Indian State of Odisha: Outlining a Political … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, India, Labour, Matilde Adduci, mining, Neo-liberalism, Odisha
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