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In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural Ethiopia
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An abolitionist approach to children’s work bans all work; a regulatory approach bans harmful work and regulates other work. I argue for a regulatory approach, using the “least restrictive alternative” test commonly applied in law. I contend, however, that definitions of harmful work must appropriately specific to local contexts and informed by the views of working children. I support this with a case study of a village in Ethiopia, where the current abolitionist approach is overly restric...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1002/jid.1749
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+ Department for International Development
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Orkin, K
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R8544
+ Oxford Research Network on Government in Africa
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Orkin, K
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R8544
+ St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
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Orkin, K
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Journal:
- Journal of International Development Journal website
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 1102-1114
- Publication date:
- 2010-11-01
- DOI:
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1099-1328
- ISSN:
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0954-1748
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- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:9119
- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-16
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- Copyright holder:
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2010
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Copyright 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:
Orkin, Kate (2010) “In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in Ethiopia”,
Journal of International Development 22 (8): 1102-1114. Available online at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.1749/pdf. DOI: 10.1002/jid.1749
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