Bittersweet harvest: Children, work and the global march against child labour in the post-apartheid state

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-155

  Levine, Susan ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child labour; Children's agency; Democracy; Flexible labour; Household economy; Race; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033242598     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X9901900201     Document Type: Article

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