ISBN10: 8183242782, ISBN13: 9788183242783, [publisher: Mittal Publications] Hardcover pp. xv + 403
[Hounslow, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2009]

Mittal Publications , pp. xv + 403 Index 1st Published . Hardback. New. Mittal Publications ISBN 8183242782 9788183242783 [US]

ISBN10: 8183242782, ISBN13: 9788183242783, [publisher: Mittal, New Delhi] Hardcover Contents Preface. Abbreviations 1. Studying child labour. 2. Anthropology of child labour. 3. Child labour past and present. 4. Analysis of literature. 5. Child labour Indian review. 6. Policies and welfare measures. 7. Interpretation and discussion. 8. Summery and major findings. 9. Policy tools. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. The issue of child labour is a worldwide phenomenon and it exists in almost all the countries of this planet. Meanwhile it is very sad to write that India is one among the nations in the world which has the unique distinction of being a large employer of child labour. The argument was that it was the industrialized west which advocated free trade against socialist controls. But when the third world needed to minimize the social cost of structural adjustment by adopting the appropriate social security measures in the wake of economic reforms the demand for labour and environment to influence terms of work trade would be seen as a dangerous move towards extra territorial laws. Social issues relating to employment development of skills elimination of child labour and upgrading of skills are linked to a society's prosperity. They cannot be made part of extra territorial laws since these issues are linked to a country's overall economic and social structure. A survey of case studies of child labour in India concludes the relation of child labour and pover ...