Children's Lifeworlds Gender, Welfare and Labour in the Developing World

Name: Children's Lifeworlds Gender, Welfare and Labour in the Developing World
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ISBN: 9780415097505

ISBN-10: 0415097509

ISBN-13: 9780415097505

Edition: 1994

Authors: Olga Nieuwenhuys

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Children's Lifeworldsoffers a sympathetic and detailed case study of the work routine of boys and girls in a south Indian village, illustrating how these children view the value of their work. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of this study is its examination not only of the objective conditions of children's exploitation, but their subjective experiences of work and school. As such,Children's Lifeworldsmakes a significant contribution to our knowledge of work and lives in developing societies. Olga Nieuwenhuys examines how class and kinship, gender and household structure, government ideology and education influence the lives of children in developing countries and directly challenges the…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 12/16/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 252
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Olga Nieuwenhuijs teaches International Development Studies at the Graduate School for the Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.




The Children of the Rural Poor



Between the River and the Sea



Growing Up in Poomkara



Poomkara's Small-fry



Hanging by a Thread: Coir Making Girls



Fisheries' Invisible Nets



Coir Industry's Saving Angels



Conclusion: Rural Children's Exploitation