Child Labour in India

Globalization, Power, and the Politics of International Children's Rights

Gurchathen S. Sanghera

This book fills an existing gap in the childrenas rights and child labour literatures by providing a unique interdisciplinary and critical account that draws on empirical research.

Child Labour in India

Globalization, Power, and the Politics of International Children's Rights

Gurchathen S. Sanghera

Description

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 childrenâs rights. This book explores childrenâs 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.

While discussing the childrenâs rights in the contemporary world, the author analyses human rights and power along with insights from postcolonial theorists. He provides empirical accounts of how three Indian NGOs-Bonded Labour Liberation Front, Butterflies, and South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude-are using the discourse of childrenâs rights to challenge child labour practices.

Combining global and local perspectives to arrive at a comprehensive picture, the book locates the struggle for child rights on two fronts: critiquing neo-liberal globalization and challenging rights violations in India.

Child Labour in India

Globalization, Power, and the Politics of International Children's Rights

Gurchathen S. Sanghera

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Politics of Human Rights
2. International Childrenas Rights Law and Child Labour
3. Situating Human Rights Within the Context of Globalization
4. Globalization and India: The Inner Landscape
5. NGOs, Childrenas Rights, Child Labour in India: A Struggle on Two Fronts
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Child Labour in India

Globalization, Power, and the Politics of International Children's Rights

Gurchathen S. Sanghera

Author Information

Gurchathen S. Sanghera teaches at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Child Labour in India

Globalization, Power, and the Politics of International Children's Rights

Gurchathen S. Sanghera

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Child labour in India: an uncertain future?

India is known to have the largest number of child labourers in the world. Consequently, it has come under intense media and political scrutiny both within India and from afar. Traditional understandings of the causes of child labour have focused on the economic, social-cultural, and historical milieus specific to India, such as caste, class, corruption, gender, illiteracy, lack of law enforcement, political apathy, poverty, religion, etc.

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