May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Special Issue on Informal Employment in India and ChinaThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics A special Issue of The Indian Journal of Labour Economics contains seven papers, contributed by select Chinese and Indian researchers, which... Read More
Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity... Read More
Rendering Istanbul’s Periodic Bazaars Invisible: Reflections on Urban Transformation and Contested SpaceInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research This is a study of Istanbul’s periodic bazaars and an attempt to place them in the context of contestation over urban space, urban... Read More
Gender Fictions and Gender Tensions Involving “Traditional” Asante Market Women.African Studies Quarterly This paper analyses the changing relations between organised women market traders and rulers in a West African context, from a distant past... Read More
Governing urbanization and the New Urbanization Plan in China This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
Capitalism and the Common Man: Peasants and Petty Production in Africa and South AsiaAgrarian South: Journal of Political Economy Abstract: In 1976, the political sociologist of Africa, Gavin Williams, controversially ‘took the part of peasants’ in an essay, the critique... Read More
Actor networks and innovation activities among rural enterprises in a South African locality Abstract: Rural localities are often viewed as too remote, sparsely populated and poor in critical resources needed for them to be innovation... Read More
