Political Economy of New Slavery

by Christien van den Anker

Overview

This 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 specialist empirical chapters on specific forms of contemporary slavery, such as 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 past slavery, the Tobin tax and development ethics. The book will raise awareness about the complexity of contemporary slavery, trafficking, bonded labour, child labour and the abuse of domestic migrant workers so as to empower campaigns to eradicate slavery once and for all. Even where international and national laws are in place, compliance is lacking and economic pressures leave poor people vulnerable to current forms of slavery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230571259
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	12/19/2003
Series:	Palgrave Texts in International Political Economy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	603 KB

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

	List of Tables and Figures	vii
	Foreword	viii
	Acknowledgements	x
	Notes on the Contributors	xi
	List of Abbreviations	xiv
	Introduction: Combating Contemporary Slavery	1
Part I	Causes and Perspectives
1	Contemporary Slavery, Global Justice and Globalization	15
2	Migration and Security: The Wrong End of the Stick?	37
Part II	Cases and Recommendations
3	Trafficking and International Law	55
4	The Belgian Counter-trafficking Policy	75
5	Responses to Sexual Slavery: From the Balkans to Afghanistan	91
6	Migrant Domestic Workers and Slavery	107
7	Bonded Labour in South Asia: India, Nepal and Pakistan	118
8	Child Labour in Latin America: Issues and Policies in Honduras	137
9	Child Labour, Education and Child Rights Among Cocoa Producers in Ghana	158
Part III	Strategies and Frameworks for Change
10	The Global Framework for Development: Instrumentality or Contested Ethical Space?	181
11	Strategies for Change: The Tobin Tax	201
12	Modern Slavery and Fair Trade Products: Buy One and Set Someone Free	217
13	Slavery as Piracy: The Legal Case for Reparations for the Slave Trade	235
	Bibliography	248
	Index	263

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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