{"product_id":"good-kids-the-politics-of-child-labor-in-the-global-south-paperback-softback-9781503643062","title":"Good Kids; The Politics of Child Labor in the Global South (Paperback \/ softback) 9781503643062","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGood Kids\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics of Child Labor in the Global South\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsabel Jijon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503643062\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e190 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGood Kids\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh perspective on the place of work in children's lives. The author makes a useful contribution to our understanding of recognition by highlighting how moral entrepreneurs who oppose child labor overlook its role in promoting young people's a sense of worth and dignity while they contribute to their family's welfare. Her book offers an important corrective to widely shared assumptions about the agency of low-income children.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Michèle Lamont, author of \u003ci\u003eSeeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Heals a Divided World\u003c\/i\u003e \"With passion combined with impressive research, including poignant interviews with child workers, Isabel Jijon takes on the contentious issue of global child labor. What explains, she asks, children's frequent opposition to legislation regulating their work? While acknowledging the exploitation of child laborers, \u003ci\u003eGood Kids\u003c\/i\u003e reveals unexpected social and moral meanings of their work. The book will engage specialists in childhood, family, and economic sociology.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Viviana A. Zelizer, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and author of \u003ci\u003ePricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne in ten children worldwide is involved in some form of child labor. While almost half are in occupations that put their safety at risk, the other half have \"gray\" jobs like industrial farming or selling candy on the street. Children in these positions often defend the value of their work, and some even join social movements to demand the \"right to work with dignity.\" In \u003ci\u003eGood Kids\u003c\/i\u003e, Isabel Jijon reveals how global campaigns against child labor are often met with resistance from the very children they are meant to protect. Conducting interviews in Bolivia and Ecuador with children who defend their labor, Jijon explores what they mean by \"value,\" \"rights,\" and \"dignity\" in this context. She finds that working children seek a sense of self-worth, as well as worthiness in their closest relationships; they use work to prove that they are \"good sons\/daughters,\" \"good friends,\" or simply \"good kids.\" Drawing, also, on interviews with reformers invested in ending child labor, Jijon produces a nuanced picture of the ways that global campaigns can, unintentionally, undermine these relationships and make working children feel stigmatized rather than protected. This fascinating and challenging study of moral meaning-making upends simple understandings of harm and worthiness in a vast but poorly understood labor market. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  1. Children, Child Labor, and Morally Contested Markets\u003cbr\u003e  2. Redrawing a Market:The Global Fight Against Child Labor\u003cbr\u003e  3. Promoting a Boundary:Cultural Brokers in the Global South\u003cbr\u003e  4. Resisting a Boundary: The Regional and National Working Children's Movements\u003cbr\u003e  5. Relational Work and Relational Dignity:How Children Understand Child Labor\u003cbr\u003e  6. Misrecognition in Morally Contested Markets:Lessons for Research and Advocacy Methodological Appendix\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  References\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681428500760,"sku":"9781503643062","price":17.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/good-kids-the-politics-of-child-labor-in-the-global-south-paperback-softback-9781503643062","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}