NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Diverse Transitions from School to Work.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Staff, Jeremy; Mortimer, Jeylan T. – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 2003
Reviews five books that illustrate the diversity in the paths youth take as they move from adolescence to adulthood: "Opportunity and Uncertainty" (Anisef et al.), "Children on the Streets of the Americas" (Mickelson), "No Shame in My Game" (Newman), "The Exploited Child" (Schlemmer), and "The Ambitious Generation"(Schneider and Stevenson).…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Labor, Education Work Relationship, Equal Education
Education and the Child Labor Paradox Today. Essay Review of "Children on the Streets of the Americas" (Roslyn A. Mickelson, editor); "The Policy Analysis of Child Labor: A Comparative Study" (Christiaan Grootaert, Harry Anthony Patrinos); "What Works for Working Children?" (Jo Boyden, Birgitta Ling, William Myers); "Child Employment in Britain: A Social and Psychological Analysis" (Sandy Hobbs, Jim McKechnie); and "Bud, Not Buddy" (Christopher Paul Curtis).
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Post, David – Comparative Education Review, 2001
Reviews five books on child labor, published 1997-2000, with reference to the International Labour Organization's 1999 convention that retreats from its previous hard stance on child labor. Discusses street children; public policy on child labor, child welfare, and school attendance; types of children's work; and working children as agents…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Book Reviews, Child Labor, Child Welfare