Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Loretta E. Bass.
Although both media and scholarly attention to the use of child labor has focused on Asia and Latin America, the highest incidence of the practice is found in Africa, where one in three children works. Loretta Bass presents a comprehensive, systematic study of child labor in sub-Saharan Africa. Bass...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Why Study Child Labor in Africa?
- 2 The Cultural and Historical Context of Child Labor
- 3 The Political Economy of Children’s Work
- 4 Unequal Terrain: Rural vs. Urban Child Labor
- 5 Work and School: Coordination and Conflict
- 6 The Value of Children’s Work: Getting the Short End of the Stick
- 7 Expendable Laborers: Children as Soldiers, Prostitutes, and Slaves
- 8 Making Sense of Child Labor in Africa
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book