Bilal Bhat

Cotton Cultivation and Child Labor in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Uzbekistan is the world's fifth largest producer and second largest exporter of cotton in the world, and unlike other countries where child labor is common, it is the totalitarian state of Uzbekistan's official policy to employ children. This book discusses the use of child labor in cotton cultivation in Uzbekistan following the fall of the Soviet Union, drawing on an extensive field investigation and in-depth interviews with human rights activists, government officials, and social workers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739194799
• Artikelnr.: 43977310

Autorenporträt

Bilal Bhat is assistant professor of sociology at Jammu & Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration, and Rural Development.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Locating Child Labor in Uzbekistan
Chapter Three: Cotton Cultivation and Child Labor in Uzbekistan
Chapter Four: Social and Legal Aspects
Chapter Five: Analytical Perspective
Chapter Six: Sociological Perspective
Chapter Seven: Critique, Conclusions, and Policy Implications