Child labor in sub-Saharan Africa / Loretta Elizabeth Bass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bass, Loretta Elizabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child labor--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Child labor.

Children--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions.

Children.

Poor children--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Poor children.

Child abuse--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Child abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although both media and scholarly attention to the use of child labor has focused on Asia and Latin America, the highest incidence of the practice is found in Africa, where one in three children works. Loretta Bass presents a comprehensive, systematic study of child labor in sub-Saharan Africa. Bass offers a window on the lives of Africa's children workers, a view informed by her analysis of the historical, economic, political, sociocultural, and legal factors framing child labor on the continent. Drawing on research from 18 countries, she discusses the political economy of child labor at the national, community, and household levels, the role of the education system, the differences between urban and rural child laborers, and the exploitation of children as soldiers, prostitutes, and slaves. Her concluding chapter confronts the benefits and costs of child labor and considers the prospects for policy aimed at creating positive social change.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chap 1-Why Study Child Labor in Africa?""; ""What Do We Know About Child Labor in Africa?""; ""Child Labor as a Social Problem""; ""Outline of the Book""; ""Notes""; ""Chap 2-The Cultural and Historical Context of Child Labor""; ""Considering Africa�s Triple Heritage and the Postcolonial Era""; ""Indigenous Cultures and Child Labor""; ""Islam and Child Labor""; ""The Colonial Christian Context and Child Labor""; ""PostcolonialAfrica and Child Labor""; ""Culture,Childhood, and Child Labor in Sub-SaharanAfrica""; ""Notes""

""Chap 3-The Political Economy of Children�s Work""""Poverty""; ""Crushing Debt and Structural Adjustment Policies""; ""Corrupt Leaders""; ""War and Ethnic Strife""; ""The AIDS Pandemic""; ""International Competition and Free Trade""; ""Ineffective Legislation""; ""Conclusion: Structural Constraints and Child Labor""; ""Notes""; ""Chap 4-Unequal Terrain: Rural vs. Urban Child Labor""; ""Child Labor in Urbanizing Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Rural and Urban Child Labor Across the Continent""; ""Conclusion: Urbanization and Household Strategies""; ""Notes""

""Chap 5-Work and School: Coordination and Conflict""""History,Costs, and Relevancy of Formal Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Work Options: Dropping Out or Combining Work and School""; ""Conclusion: Work, School, and Culture""; ""Notes""; ""Chap 6-The Value of Children�s Work: Getting the Short End of the Stick""; ""Organization of an Urban Market and Children�sWork""; ""Using Gender and Women�s Work to Understand Child Labor""; ""Ethnicity, Locale, and Kinship as Social Structure""; ""Spatial Relations That Organize and Separate Children�s Work""

""Training as an Organizing Factor and Marker of Children�s Work""""Household Strategies That Organize Children�s Work""; ""Age as a Structural Factor of Childhood and Children's Work""; ""Notes""; ""Chap 7-Expendable Laborers: Children as Soldiers, Prostitutes, and Slaves""; ""Children Who Work as Slaves""; ""Borrowed, Brokered, and Sold: Trafficked Children""; ""Children at Work in War Zones""; ""Prostitution and Sex Work""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chap 8-Making Sense of Child Labor in Africa""; ""Why and How Do ChildrenWork?""

""How Does Children�s Work Shape the Definition of Childhood?""""Window Dressing: Assessing Child Work and Child Labor""; ""Policy Implications""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-58826-861-6

OCLC:

1334344338