Grievances, Strategies, and Demands of the Contemporary Chinese Labour Movement
The Chinese state’s capitalist transformation in the 1970’s primed the current exploitation of rural workers, which has resulted in sizable labor movement protests.
Building New Understandings? Development and the World ‘Knowledge’ Bank
The World Bank uses its knowledge production to forward an understanding of development that is conducive to the extension of capital.
Transatlantic Sovereignty Games: What Makes the US and the EU ‘Hang Together’?
Drawing on an analytical framework based on ‘sovereignty games’ this essay explores the roles of money in (re)constructing relations between the USA and the EU.
The Rise of the Developmental State in China and Its Absence in India
The factors of state autonomy, capacity and strategy help to explain the rise of the developmental state in China and its absence in India.
One Belt, One Road and the History of the Maritime Silk Route
Through the One Belt One Road initiative, China attempts to reassert itself as a powerful middle kingdom that is central to global trade and international relations.
Please Mind The Gap: Winners and Losers of Neoliberalism in India
Neoliberalism in India is far from alleviating poverty, it has widened inequality and created a staggering number of losers, roughly the entire agrarian population.
An Analysis of the Indian Further Education System Regarding Gender Inequality
Gender inequality in India’s further education system is investigated through the variables of transition rates, subjects chosen, literacy rates and early marriage.
China’s Cooperation on the Mekong River in the Realm of Complex Interdependence
As the most important and powerful upstream country in Asia, China becomes imperative to any cooperation on water-related issues.
Dependency Theory: A Useful Tool for Analyzing Global Inequalities Today?
Several thoughts and concepts from the dependency approach are still applicable for making sense of global inequalities in today’s globalized world.
Why Infanticide Happens Almost Exclusively to Girls and Not Boys
The interplay of attitudes and economics within a context of poverty is presented as an explanation as to why females are almost exclusively the victims of infanticide.
