Teenage Labor Migration and Antitrafficking Policy in West Africa. Issue 1 (May 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Teenage Labor Migration and Antitrafficking Policy in West Africa. Issue 1 (May 2014)
- Main Title:
- Teenage Labor Migration and Antitrafficking Policy in West Africa
- Authors:
- Howard, Neil
- Editors:
- Weitzer, Ronald
Zhang, Sheldon X. - Abstract:
- Within the antitrafficking community, even legal child or youth work is often pathologized, seen as a "worst form of child labor" or, where movement is involved, as trafficking. Major policy responses thus focus on attempting to protect the young by preventing their movement or policing their work. Using a case study of adolescent labor migrants in Benin who work in artisanal gravel quarries in Nigeria, I provide evidence that suggests that the dominant discourse regarding this kind of labor is inaccurate and that policies based on it may be failing. This is in large part because the labor migration depicted as "trafficking" by the antitrafficking community is not experienced as such by young migrants.
- Is Part Of:
- Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Volume 653:Issue 1(2014:May)
- Journal:
- Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
- Issue:
- Volume 653:Issue 1(2014:May)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 653, Issue 1 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 653
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0653-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 124
- Page End:
- 140
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05
- Subjects:
- child trafficking -- teenage labor migration -- mining -- Benin -- Nigeria
Social sciences -- Periodicals
Social sciences -- United States -- Periodicals
Political science -- Periodicals
United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals
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http://www.jstor.org/journals/00027162.html ↗
http://www.sagepub.com ↗
http://firstsearch.oclc.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0002716213519242 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0002-7162
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