The child and the state in India : child labor and education policy in comparative perspective /

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India has the largest number of non-schoolgoing working children in the world. Why has the government not removed them from the labor force and required that they attend school, as have the governments of all developed and many developing countries? To answer this question, this major comparative st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weiner, Myron (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1991]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Child labor > Government policy > India.
Child labor > Government policy.
Children > India.
Education, Compulsory > India.
Education, Compulsory.
Scolarité obligatoire.
Scolarité obligatoire > Inde.
Enfants > Travail > Politique gouvernementale.
Enfants > Travail > Politique gouvernementale > Inde.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Education, Compulsory
Children
Child labor > Government policy
Frequentation scolaire > Politique publique > Inde.
Éducation des enfants > Politique publique > Inde.
Enfants > Travail > Politique publique > Inde.
India
Austria.
Basic Education.
Constitution of India.
English Poor Law (1601).
Eswaran, Girija.
Factories Act (1948).
Gandhi Labour Institute.
Gandhi, Mahatma.
Gujarat, educational system.
Gupta, Meena.
Hamilton, Alexander.
Harbans Singh Report.
Hartog Committee.
Illich, Ivan.
Indian Educational Services.
Indian Mines Act (1923).
Indian National Congress.
Indian Social Institute.
Institute of Education (Pune).
Karnataka.
Knights of Labor.
Knox, John.
Lakshmanan.
Luther, Martin.
Massachusetts.
Mines Act (1952).
Old Deluder Satan Law (1647).
Operation Blackboard.
Prema Seva Sadan.
Smith, Adam.
apprenticeship.
attitudes toward childhood.
bidi industry.
bonded labor.
brassware industry.
carpet industry.
common-school movement.
cottage industries.
dropout rates.
education, state policies.
expenditures on education.
female education and fertility rates.
fireworks industry.
goals of education.
indentured labor.
literacy rates.
match industry.
minimum wage.
nonformal education.
pottery industry.
school enrollments.
science teaching.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • 1 The Argument
  • 2 India's Working Children
  • 3 Dialogues on Child Labor
  • 4 Dialogues on Education
  • 5 Child Labor and Compulsory-Education Policies
  • 6 Historical Comparisons: Advanced Industrial Countries
  • 7 India and Other Developing Countries
  • 8 Values and Interests in Public Policy
  • Index

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