This post is written by Dr. Paul Gilbert and was originally published on the Sussex Anthropology blog ‘Culture and Capitalism’. There is little more grating, for those of us who work in Higher Education, than those portions of the British…
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How Does The Necessity of Paid Work Impact Our Students?: Learning from The Global Studies Student Employment Survey
Tagged with: Anthropology, capitalism, Economy, student, student insights, student life
Posted in Anthropology, Economy, Rights
Posted in Anthropology, Economy, Rights
Rethinking rebel rule: How Mai-Mai groups in eastern Congo govern
This post by Kasper Hoffmann (University of Copenhagen) and Judith Verweijen (University of Sussex) was originally published on the London School of Economics Conflict Research Programme blog. Around the world, vast amounts of people live in areas marked by rebel presence. A growing body…
Fracking democracy, criminalising dissent
This article by Andrea Brock, Dr. Amber Huff, Dr. Judith Verweijen, Professor Jan Selby, Professor David Ockwell, and Professor Peter Newell of the University of Sussex was originally published in ‘The Ecologist’ on 18 October, 2018. The anti-fracking victory yesterday should not…
Posted in Climate, Climate Change, Economy, International Relations, Nature, Policy, Rights, Uncategorized
Does anti-trafficking policy protect against forced labour and exploitation or harm? The ban on migration for domestic work in Ethiopia and Ghana
This post was written by Dr. Priya Deshingkar, Research Director/Senior Research Fellow at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR). Domestic workers who number at least 67 million adults worldwide, according to the International Labour Organization, have been in focus…
Union Revitalisation and Women Workers at the Intersection of Gender and Class
This post is by Hannah Loosley completed the MA in the Social Anthropology of the Global Economy at the University of Sussex in 2017. Women working in care, catering, cleaning, cashier and clerical jobs (the 5 Cs) have long been neglected in trade…