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Child labour in India : Globalization, power, and the politics of international children's rights

By: Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: 1. editionDescription: xiii, 326 siderISBN:
  • 9780199466801
  • 0199466807
DDC classification:
  • 331.310954 SAN
Contents:
Table of contents Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Politics of Human Rights; 2. International Childrenas Rights Law and Child Labour; 3. Situating Human Rights Within the Context of Globalization; 4. Globalization and India: The Inner Landscape; 5. NGOs, Childrenas Rights, Child Labour in India: A Struggle on Two Fronts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary: India has the largest number of child labourers in the world, and has been the subject of intense media and political campaigns in the North aimed at addressing the abuse of children's rights. This book explores these rights as a site of power and reveals how the rights discourse has been used by international actors, national elites and local NGOs in the child labour debate in India
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Table of contents
Acknowledgments;
List of Abbreviations; Introduction;
1. The Politics of Human Rights;
2. International Childrenas Rights Law and Child Labour;
3. Situating Human Rights Within the Context of Globalization;
4. Globalization and India: The Inner Landscape;
5. NGOs, Childrenas Rights, Child Labour in India: A Struggle on Two Fronts;
Conclusion;
Bibliography;
Index; About the Author

India has the largest number of child labourers in the world, and has been the subject of intense media and political campaigns in the North aimed at addressing the abuse of children's rights. This book explores these rights as a site of power and reveals how the rights discourse has been used by international actors, national elites and local NGOs in the child labour debate in India

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