“Sociologists who study organizations sometimes use the term ‘field’ to describe a set of organizations linked together as competitors and collaborators within a social space devoted to a particular type of action—such as a market for certain products, the pursuit of urban development, or the realm of electoral politics. Agreements struck among the organizations that…
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History Made: The Ratification of C189
On Friday, June 11th, after eleven years since its passage, Spain finally ratified the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Convention on Domestic Workers (C189). This policy, adopted in 2011, codifies labor standards for those employed in the domestic care sector. It entered into force in 2013, ratified by 35 states, only eight of which belonged to…
