Child Labor and Human Rights : : Making Children Matter / / ed. by Burns H. Weston.

A comprehensive overview of the worldwide phenomenon of abusive child labor, and efforts to abolish it, from a human rights perspective.

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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2005
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (541 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Introduction --
Part 1 Clarifying the Problem --
1 Rethinking Child Labor: A Multidimensional Human Rights Problem --
2 Defining Child Labor as if Human Rights Really Matter --
3 Child Labor and the Rights of Children: Historical Patterns of Decline and Persistence --
Part 2 The Standards-Based Response of the World Community --
4 Child Labor Standards: From Treaties to Labels --
5 Translating Standards into Practice: Confronting Transnational Barriers --
6 Translating Standards into Practice: Confronting Local Barriers --
Part 3 Case Studies --
7 Combating Child Labor in Tanzania: A Beginning --
8 Combating Child Labor in the Philippines: Listening to Children --
9 Combating Child Labor in Brazil: Social Movements in Action --
Part 4 Toward Progressive Change --
10 Abolishing Child Labor: A Multifaceted Human Rights Solution --
11 Conceiving Child Labor in Human Rights Terms: Can It Mobilize Progressive Change? --
12 Working Children as Change Makers: Perspectives from the Sout --
13 Shifting Positions on Child Labor: The Views and Practice of Intergovernmental Organizations --
14 Nongovernmental Organizations in the Struggle Against Child Labor --
15 Earning and Learning: Tensions and Compatibility --
16 Trade-Based Strategies for Combating Child Labor --
Part 5 Conclusion: Contributors’ Consensus --
17 Bringing Human Rights to Child Labor: Guiding Principles and Call to Action --
Abbreviations and Acronyms --
Appendix: Selected Provisions of Key Instruments --
Bibliography --
The Contributors --
Index --
About the Book
Summary:A comprehensive overview of the worldwide phenomenon of abusive child labor, and efforts to abolish it, from a human rights perspective.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781685853549
9783110784251
DOI:10.1515/9781685853549
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Burns H. Weston.