Fighting Child Labor Abroad: Conceptual Problems and Practical Solutions
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چکیده
Child labor is a topic that evokes deep emotions and a growing international concern. Most recent ILO estimates show that some 211 million children between 5 and 14 are engaged in some form of economic activity, and 119 million of them are engaged in haz ardous work. The poverty implications of child labor are often transmitted from parents to children, a process that is called the dynastic poverty trap. If a child has to labor and is therefore insuffi ciently educated, then as an adult he can only be employed as a low skilled, low-paid laborer. If his income is insufficient to provide for a family, his children are also forced to work. The vicious cycle thereby continues. In all Western liberal democracies, child labor is morally con demned, legally forbidden, and virtually nonexistent. This has not always been the case. During the Industrial Revolution, child labor was as Widespread in Europe and the United States as it is nowa days in India and Bangladesh. Current debates on child labor with in Western societies are closely linked to the increasing importance of globalization and its effects on national governments. One ele ment of globalization is the increasing permeability of national legal and political orders. The import of commodities produced by child labor into Western states refers to practices outside their territory, which nevertheless conflict with its prevailing norms and values.
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