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Competition and solidarity networks in contemporary South Asia's Labour Market
Hegemonic neo-liberal discourse assumes that free competition on all levels sparks a virtuous cycle of economic growth, which eventually trickles down to poor populations. Over the past three decades, the idea that restrictive labour laws hamper such competition has justified the deregulation of labour in the North and the un-regulation of labour in the South, notably in South Asia, where labour relations had already mainly been informal. Various sociologists have noted that intensified economic interactions and the rise of competition have made individuals more likely to activate their social networks to protect their individual interests. In this respect, to what extent do social networks shape relations in the diverse South Asian labour markets? How do new forms of social groupings reconfigure competition and solidarity relations? What forms of social interactions prevail, emerge and weaken in the market: chosen solidarity and inherited solidarity; inter-caste and intra-caste solidarity; class solidarity; corporate solidarity etc.?
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Nantes
Scholarship, prize and job offer - Law
Applications 1 or 2 months research period within HUMAN SEA European Research Council program
The program focuses on the impact of new technologies in offshore activities, with a view to the refounding of maritime law and the law of the sea.
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Paris
Social Movements of the Global South
Methodological and Theoretical Considerations
ISA47 is launching a new journal "Social Movements and Change". Philipp Altmann, Deniz Günce Demirhisar and Jacob Mwathi Mati are organizing a special edition on "Social Movements of the Global South – Methodological and Theoretical Considerations". Their aim is to "bring together research on social movements worldwide that break with the Eurocentric bias of social movement theory and try to develop both theories and methodologies apt to understand action, discourse or outcomes of social movements in the Global South".
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Baku
10th Annual World Customs Organization PICARD Conference
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Azerbaijan Customs are pleased to announce the 10th annual WCO PICARD conference. The conference will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 8 to 10 September 2015. Papers should focus on Customs or, more globally, the regulation, dynamics, and practices of the international trade of goods. The WCO encourages attendance and paper submissions from anthropologists, economists, geographers, historians, lawyers, and political scientists. The WCO is particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches regarding contemporary systems of regulation and control at borders.
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Call for papers - Political studies
Nine years and counting: Stephen Harper and the new Canada
Canadian Studies Review n°78 (June 2015)
This special issue of Etudes Canadiennes/Canadian Studies intends to explore what’s new in Canada, nine years after the coming to power of the Conservatives, four years after Stephen Harper won the election that gave him a majority government, and at a time when Canada is getting ready for the next federal election. While the contributions are expected to focus on the Conservative initiatives to shape this new Canada, they will also be encouraged to compare them with other societal and global factors that may contribute to a changing Canada.
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Paris
The Health and Wealth of US Capitalism: A Critical Condition?
Les bouleversements consécutifs à la Grande Récession ont renouvelé les termes du débat sur la santé du modèle américain de capitalisme, paradigme économico-politique qui, à la fin du XXe siècle, était encore considéré comme un parangon d'efficience économique dans la majeure partie du monde. Plus de quatre ans après le déclenchement de la crise des subprime, l'économie américaine demeure dans un état critique, et le « modèle » américain, qui a porté atteinte à la santé économique des Américains, réduit la richesse de la nation et plongé l'économie mondiale dans une crise de vaste ampleur, s'en trouve fortement discrédité. Ce colloque se propose d'apporter un nouvel éclairage sur la nature, la vigueur et la viabilité de l'économie des États-Unis et sur le paradigme économico-politique qui lui est associé. -
Nogent-sur-Marne
Autour de l'économie de l'Inde
UMR Développement et Sociétés
Quatre ouvrages récents traitant de divers aspects contemporains de l'économie indienne seront présentés par les auteurs et discutés par des chercheurs indianistes et non-indianistes: Barbara HARRISS WHITE (2007) Rural Commercial Capital. Agricultural Markets in West Bengal, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.Pierre LACHAIER et Catherine CLEMENTIN-OJHA (eds) (2008), Divines richesses, Religion et économie en monde marchand indien. EFEO [Etudes Thématiques 21], Paris. Véronique DUPONT et Frédéric LANDY (eds) (2010) Circulation et territoires dans le monde indien contemporain. Editions de l’EHESS, Collection Purushartha vol. 28, Paris, 340 p. Jan BREMAN, Isabelle GUÉRIN & Aseem PRAKASH (eds) (2009) India’s Unfree Workforce. Of Bondage Old and New. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 399 p.
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