The Political Economy of New Slavery / Edition 1

by Christien van den Anker

Overview

This unique volume combines chapters containing a multidisciplinary academic analysis of the causes of the continued existence of contemporary forms of slavery, such as globalization, poverty and migration with empirical chapters on trafficking, domestic migrant workers, bonded labour and child labour in Asia, Latin America and Africa. It provides relevant policy recommendations, such as respect for victims' rights and assesses longer term strategies for change, including Fair Trade, reparations for slavery in the past, the Tobin tax and Development ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403915238
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/01/2004
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

BRIDGET ANDERSON Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK
AMANDA BERLAN Research Student, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK
ARNE DORMAELS Academic Assistant in Criminal Law and Researcher at the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy, University of Gent
JEROEN DOOMERNIK Lecturer in Political Science and Programme Manager at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam
NIGEL DOWER Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
EMMA DOWLING is currently studying for an MSc at the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK
VICTORIA FIRMO-FONTAN PhD Candidate in the Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland
IVAN MANOKHA PhD student at the University of Sussex, UK
BRUNO MOENS Executive Director at Payoke, Antwerp, Belgium
RACHEL NIZAN spent a year working with street children in Honduras, doing both social work and research. Her main interests include children's rights, human rights, development and trade
DAVID OULD Deputy Director of Anti-Slavery International
NELE PRAET Case Manager at Payoke, Antwerp, Belgium.
KRISHNA UPADHYAYA Bonded Labour Programme Officer at Anti-Slavery International in London
GERALDINE VAN BUEREN Professor of International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Table of Contents

Introduction: Combating Contemporary Slavery; C.van den Anker PART I: CAUSES AND PERSPECTIVES Contemporary Slavery, Globalization and Global Justice; C.van den Anker Migration and Security? The Wrong End of the Stick; J.Doomernik Trafficking and International Law; D.Ould The Belgian Counter Trafficking Policy; B.Moens, N.Praet & A.Dormaels PART II: CASES AND RECOMMENDATIONS Responses to Sexual Slavery: From the Balkans to Afghanistan; V.Firmo-Fontan Migrant Domestic Workers and Slavery; B.Anderson Bonded Labour in South Asia: India, Nepal and Pakistan; K.Upadhyaya Child Labour in Latin America: Issues and Policies in Honduras; R.Nizan Child Labour, Education and Child Rights Among Cocoa Producers in Ghana; A.Berlan PART III: STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORKS FOR CHANGE The Global Framework for Development- Instrumentality or Contested Ethical Space?; N.Dower Strategies for Change: The Tobin Tax; E.Dowling Modern Slavery and Fair Trade Products: Buy One and Set Someone Free; I.Manokha Slavery as Piracy - a Legal Case for Reparations for Historical Slavery; G.Van Bueren

Editorial Reviews

'Christien van den Anker unearths copious examples of appalling mistreatment of the vulnerable by the unscrupulous on a daily basis...there is no doubting her sincerity about raising awareness of what is going on in poorer parts of the world.' - The Guardian

'The collection is a valuable resource for students, academics, NGO workers, or anyone who wishes to gain good overall knowledge of the global human trafficking situation and forms of slaveryThe Political Economy of New Slavery is a worthy book that deserves to be read to educate the public about global slavery more effectively. ' - Perspectives

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