Child Labor and Human Rights : : Making Children Matter /

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
MitwirkendeR:
Bachman, S. L.,
Bissell, Susan L.,
Bourdillon, Michael F. C.,
Cullen, Holly,
Cunningham, Hugh,
Ennew, Judith,
Garcia, Frank J.,
Jun, Soohyun,
Karunan, Victor P.,
Mmari, Donald,
Myers, William E.,
Plateau, Dominique Pierre,
Post, David M.,
Rialp, Victoria V.,
Santos, Benedito Rodrigues dos,
Stromquist, Shelton,
Teerink, Mark B.,
Weston, Burns H.,
White, Ben,
Wiseberg, Laurie S.,
HerausgeberIn:
Weston, Burns H.,
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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