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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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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 |
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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. |