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Hidden hands : international perspectives on children's work and labour / edited by Phillip Mizen, Christopher Pole and Angela Bolton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The future of childhood seriesPublication details: London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2001.Description: 208p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415242448 (pbk.) :
  • 9780415242431 (hbk.) :
  • 0203242602 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.31 MIZ
LOC classification:
  • HD6250
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.
Contents:
Part 1.Children, work and labour in modern Britain -- 2.Work and education: are they compatible for children and adolescents? Jim McKechnie and Sandy Hobbs -- 3.Young people, poverty and part-time work. Sue Middleton and Julia Loudmidis -- 4.Why be a school age worker? Phillip Mizen, Christopher Pole and Angela Bolton -- 5.Chinese children\'s work roles in immigrant adaptation. Miri Song -- 6.Children\'s labour of love? Young careers and care work. Saul Becker, Chris Dearden and Jo Aldrige -- Part II.International perspectives on children\'s work and labour in the industrialised world -- 7.School-work, paid work and the changing obligations of childhood. Jens Qvortrup -- 8.Hidden sources of knowledge of children\'s work in Norway. Anne Solberg -- 9.Adolescent part-time employment in the United States and Germany: diverse outcomes, contexts and pathways. David M. Hansen, Jeylan T. Mortimer and Helga Kru�ger -- 10.Child labour in the Federal Republic of Germany. Heinz Mansurov.
Summary: Hidden Hands focusses on a specific and neglected area of contemporary child welfare - that of children's paid work and labour. The number of books published in this area are limited which makes this text a valuable contribution to the subject.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 331.31 MIZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 223338

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167-181) and index.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[167]-181) and index.

Part 1.Children, work and labour in modern Britain -- 2.Work and education: are they compatible for children and adolescents? Jim McKechnie and Sandy Hobbs -- 3.Young people, poverty and part-time work. Sue Middleton and Julia Loudmidis -- 4.Why be a school age worker? Phillip Mizen, Christopher Pole and Angela Bolton -- 5.Chinese children\'s work roles in immigrant adaptation. Miri Song -- 6.Children\'s labour of love? Young careers and care work. Saul Becker, Chris Dearden and Jo Aldrige -- Part II.International perspectives on children\'s work and labour in the industrialised world -- 7.School-work, paid work and the changing obligations of childhood. Jens Qvortrup -- 8.Hidden sources of knowledge of children\'s work in Norway. Anne Solberg -- 9.Adolescent part-time employment in the United States and Germany: diverse outcomes, contexts and pathways. David M. Hansen, Jeylan T. Mortimer and Helga Kru�ger -- 10.Child labour in the Federal Republic of Germany. Heinz Mansurov.

Hidden Hands focusses on a specific and neglected area of contemporary child welfare - that of children's paid work and labour. The number of books published in this area are limited which makes this text a valuable contribution to the subject.

Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.

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