Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-311) and index.
Children's Movements in Africa, Latin America and Asia -- Children's Work from the Perspective of Social Research: An International Stock-Taking -- The Working Child Has a Will of Its Own: Subject-Oriented and Participative Research on Children's Work in Latin America -- Childhood and Work in Non-Western Cultures: On the Fruits of Ethnological and Anthropological Research -- Working Children in Europe: Loss or New Perspectives of Childhood? -- Working Children and Adolescents in the USA: Juggling School and Work -- Work and Play in the Lives of Children: Reflections on an Unfortunate Separation and Possible Connections -- The Economic Exploitation of Children: A Theoretical Essay towards a Subject-Oriented Praxis -- How Working Children Resist Exploitation and Strive to Share in Decisions about Their Work: Experiences and Examples from Various Continents and Periods -- Ways to Self-determined Children's Work? The Significance and Problems of Educationally Conceived Work Projects -- Thoughts on a Subject-Oriented Theory of Working Children.
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"Children's work is neither simply a relic of bygone times nor a feature of so-called backward societies. It is, in fact, currently on the increase - in a number of different ways - in all parts of the world, including the affluent countries of Europe and North America, and is closely linked to the processes of globalization." "This book endeavours to understand working children, and their ways of living and acting, from their own perspective. Particular attention is paid to children's own experiences and hopes, especially their attempts to articulate themselves in public and to fight together against exploitation and discrimination."--Jacket.