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

By:

Sanghera, Gurchatten S [author.]

Contributor(s):

Oxford University Press [publisher.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: xiii, 326 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199466801 (hbk.)
0199466807

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 331.310954 SAN 011680

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	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	331.310954 SAN 011680 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011680

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.

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