The Child in International Political Economy : A Place at the Table

ISBN-13: 9780415357371 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 168 str.

Alison M.S. Watson

Opis

In recent years, the issue of the child and of children's rights in particular, has more clearly entered the policy domain. Despite this, the role of the child is clearly one that is under-represented in mainstream international political economy and in the international relations literature.

Alison M. S. Watson addresses this gap in knowledge by providing the first consistent, wide-ranging analysis of how children are affected by, and themselves affect, outcomes in the international and domestic economic arenas. The author addresses:
the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

• the child in the international system
• child labour
• the child as a consumer
• child soldiers
• international trade and international economic institutions

This book will be of interest to students and researchers studying IPE, IR, gender, political theory, sociology and social anthropology.

Spis treści

Introduction.  1. Children and Their Childhoods  2. A Child in Theory  3. The Labouring Child  4. The Consuming Child  5. The Global Child  Conclusion.

O autorze

Alison M. S. Watson is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK. Originally trained as an economist, her work now considers the place of children in all aspects of international society, with particular emphasis on issues of agency, rights and representation.