A Will of Their Own: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Working Children

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Zed Books, 2004 - 321 pagine
Children's work is on the increase in all parts of the world, including the affluent countries of Europe and North America, and is closely linked with the processes of globalisation. This book's approach is distinctive: it endeavours to understand working children, and their ways of living and acting, from their own perspective.
 

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Voices of working children in the societies of the South 1 Many
12
Working childrens movements in Africa Latin America
19
subjectoriented
50
the fruits
77
childhood?
112
Working children and adolescents in the USA juggling
148
reflections on
176
towards a subject
194
How working children resist exploitation and strive
216
Ways to selfdetermined childrens work? The signi
232
Thoughts on a subjectoriented theory of working
269
Bibliography
285
Index
312
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Manfred Liebel is Professor of Sociology at the Technical University of Berlin. His main area is international and intercultural research on childhood and youth. He is staff-member of the TU-Centre for Global Education and International Cooperation and consultant of working children and youth movements in Latin America and Africa. Manfred Liebel is Professor of Sociology at the Technical University of Berlin. His main area is international and intercultural research on childhood and youth. He is staff-member of the TU-Centre for Global Education and International Cooperation and consultant of working children and youth movements in Latin America and Africa.

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