Child Labour in India: Globalization, Power, and the Politics of International Children's Rights [Hardcover]

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 children's 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.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 children?s 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 children?s 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 children?s 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.AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Politics of Human Rights2. International Childrenas Rights Law and Child Labour3. Situating Human Rights Within the Context of Globalization4. Globalization and India: The Inner Landscape5. NGOs, Childrenas Rights, Child Labour in India: A Struggle on Two FrontsConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the AuthorGurchathen S. Sangherateaches at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, Scotland.The book explores the understanding of children's rights as a site of power and reveals how the rights discourse has been usel3G