Child labour in India :

Sanghera, Gurchatten S.,

Child labour in India : globalizaion, power, and the politics of international children's rights / Gurchathen S. Sanghera. - xiii, 326 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-317) 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.

9780199466801 (hbk.) 0199466807

Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

2016331489


Child labor--India.
Children--Social conditions.--India
Children's rights--India.

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