Child labour in global society edited by Paul Close - Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, c2014. - xi, 246 p. ; 24 cm. - Sociological studies of children and youth ; 17 .

Note: Sponsored by the ASA section on children and youth.

Introduction : a perspective on child labour as slavery / Paul Close -- Child labour and slavery in modern society / Paul Close -- The education industry, compulsory schooling and globalization / Paul Close -- Children's educational labour as slave labour / Paul Close -- Conclusion : the sociology of children's labour, schooling and slavery / Paul Close.

This book presents a novel study of children's compulsory productive educational labour in modern and modernizing societies under globalization, and the implications for such matters as childreńs everyday lives, relationships and rights, international legal instruments, relevant analytical notions (including slavery), and sociological analysis.

9781783507795


Social Science--Children's Studies
Society & culture: general
Age groups: children
Child labor
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations

331.31 CH IL

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