Organizer: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University

Type/Location: Hybrid / DeKalb, IL

Description:

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Department of Sociology at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Intan Suwandi, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University, who will discuss the exploitation of labor that continues to occur in Indonesia, particularly under the domination of multinational firms emanating primarily from the global North, despite the complexities and decentralization that characterize global value chains in today’s world economy.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Intan Suwandi is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University. Dr. Suwandi’s areas of specialization include international political economy, global development, economic imperialism, labor, and social stratification. Her book, Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism (Monthly Review Press, 2019), examines the exploitation of labor that continues to occur in the global South, particularly under the domination of multinational firms emanating primarily from the global North, despite the complexities and decentralization that characterize global value chains in today’s world economy.

Registration:

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