Description: This book presents an overview of worldwide research on working children that considers children's own views of employment in favour of adult-constructed arguments about child work. This is a key text for social work practitioners that encourages re-evaluation of the notion of childhood and understands the complex phenomenon of working children.
Brief description: Anne Wihstutz has a PhD in education and sociology of children, is a scientific assistant, and lecturer at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Her areas of research include working children, domestic work and care by children, and social work.
Review Quotes: The book gives a good overview of a wide-ranging field... Several academic and activist traditions are represented, and the contributions present examples from many parts of the world.--Anthropology of Work Review