| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 284 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
The Rutgers series in childhood studies
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Rutgers series in childhood studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Raising questions, questioning the answers -- Work that children do -- Children's work in historical and comparative perspective -- Child work and poverty : a tangled relationship -- Work in children's development -- Education, school, and work -- Children acting for themselves -- Assessing harm against benefits -- The politics of international intervention -- Policies and interventions : what should they achieve, and how? |
| Summary |
Rights and Wrongs of Children's Work, a groundbreaking book authored by an interdisciplinary team of experts, incorporates recent theoretical advances and experiences to explore the place of labor in children's lives and development. It condemns the exploitation and abuse of child workers and supports the right of all children to the best quality, free education that society can afford. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child labor.
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Child labor. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bourdillon, M. F. C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bourdillon, Michael. Rights and Wrongs of Children's Work. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2010 9780813548883 |
| ISBN |
9780813550213 (electronic book) |
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0813550211 (electronic book) |
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9780813548883 (hardback alkaline paper) |
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9780813548890 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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0813548888 |
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0813548896 |
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