Child labour in India : globalization, power, and the politics of international children's rights / Gurchathen S. Sanghera.

By:

Sanghera, Gurchathen S [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press 2016Edition: First EditionDescription: 344 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9780199466801 (hbk.) :
9780199466801 (hardback) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

331.310954 SAN

LOC classification:

HD6250

Contents:

Introduction -- 1.The politics of human rights -- 2.International children\'s rights law and child labour -- 3.Situating human rights within the context of globalization -- 4.Globalization and India: the inner landscape -- 5.NGOs, children\'s rights, and child labour in India: a struggle on two fronts.

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	331.310954 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		223393

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.