Dynamics of Unfree Labour in the Contemporary Global Economy
这篇导言介绍了关于全球经济中劳动条件的讨论,提出两个核心问题:不自由劳动的形式及其对弱势工人的影响,以及产生不自由劳动的过程和理论视角。
This short introduction to the symposium sets the context for the collection of articles, locating them in debates about labour conditions in the global economy. It outlines the two central questions which animate the symposium. First, what forms do unfree labour take in the contemporary global economy, and what are the implications for the most vulnerable workers in diverse contexts? Second, which processes, conditions and dynamics generate and facilitate unfree labour, and which theoretical and analytical perspectives do we need in order to understand them? It summarises some of responses to these questions which emerge in the collected articles, and highlights their contributions to the task of advancing fresh ways of thinking about unfree labour.