Lipon Mondal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4428786 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lipon Mondal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lipon |
| FAMILY NAME | Mondal |
| SIGNATURE | MONDAL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dhaka |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3163-3092 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Theorizing Labor Control in the Global Apparel Industry
This paper looks at the Bangladeshi apparel industry and critically draws on theories of labor control to examine how market and non-market actors control apparel workers and exploit their labor power at the bottom of a global value chain, reinforcing the capitalist system locally and globally. My research draws on a wide range of empirical evidence collected from 20 apparel factories in Dhaka City, Bangladesh and secondary evidence and identifie…
Urban Regimes of Dispossession in the Global South
The urban logic of dispossession and nomadism in neoliberal Bangladesh
Through quantitative and qualitative evidence collected in 2017–2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, this article investigates the detrimental impact of coercive evictions on urban nomads . It conceptualizes urban nomads as an ever-growing army of dispossessed who are forced to frequently move from one place to another within a city for shelter and work. They have few belongings and little social support and are culturally and politically marginalized. For…
The political economy of land expropriation in urban Bangladesh
This paper explores the 71-year (1947–2018) history of land expropriation in urban Bangladesh. It examines three interrelated questions regarding land occupation. First, how does the state and market pursue their mutual and competing class interests by expropriating land? Next, how does the state and market deploy primarily extra-economic means to seize land? Finally, how do actors, strategies and purposes of land expropriation vary from one poli…
The Logic of Dispossession
One particular focus of world-systems analysis is to examine the historical trajectory of capitalist transformation in peripheral regions. This paper investigates the capitalist transformation in a specific peripheral area—the country of Bangladesh. In particular, it examines the role of dispossession in transforming an agricultural society into a neoliberal capitalist society by looking at the transformation of Panthapath Street in Dhaka, Bangla…
The Logic of Dispossession
One particular focus of world-systems analysis is to examine the historical trajectory of capitalist transformation in peripheral regions. This paper investigates the capitalist transformation in a specific peripheral area—the country of Bangladesh. In particular, it examines the role of dispossession in transforming an agricultural society into a neoliberal capitalist society by looking at the transformation of Panthapath Street in Dhaka, Bangla…
The Logic of Dispossession
One particular focus of world-systems analysis is to examine the historical trajectory of capitalist transformation in peripheral regions. This paper investigates the capitalist transformation in a specific peripheral area—the country of Bangladesh. In particular, it examines the role of dispossession in transforming an agricultural society into a neoliberal capitalist society by looking at the transformation of Panthapath Street in Dhaka, Bangla…
The political economy of land expropriation in urban Bangladesh
This paper explores the 71-year (1947–2018) history of land expropriation in urban Bangladesh. It examines three interrelated questions regarding land occupation. First, how does the state and market pursue their mutual and competing class interests by expropriating land? Next, how does the state and market deploy primarily extra-economic means to seize land? Finally, how do actors, strategies and purposes of land expropriation vary from one poli…
The urban logic of dispossession and nomadism in neoliberal Bangladesh
Through quantitative and qualitative evidence collected in 2017–2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, this article investigates the detrimental impact of coercive evictions on urban nomads . It conceptualizes urban nomads as an ever-growing army of dispossessed who are forced to frequently move from one place to another within a city for shelter and work. They have few belongings and little social support and are culturally and politically marginalized. For…
Urban Regimes of Dispossession in the Global South
Theorizing Labor Control in the Global Apparel Industry
This paper looks at the Bangladeshi apparel industry and critically draws on theories of labor control to examine how market and non-market actors control apparel workers and exploit their labor power at the bottom of a global value chain, reinforcing the capitalist system locally and globally. My research draws on a wide range of empirical evidence collected from 20 apparel factories in Dhaka City, Bangladesh and secondary evidence and identifie…
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