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The aim of this study was to examine children's attitudes regarding the right to work
Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to examine children's attitudes regarding the right to work. The article is based on comments made by 245 15-year-old children on child employment and is supported by focus group interviews with 56 boys and 38 girls and tape-recorded interviews with 15 working pupils. One of most dominant themes to emerge from the data is children's perception that they more...
International Classification:
Focus groups - children's perceptions on the right to work
Categories:
right to work
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research,
Vol: 11 Page: 45-61 2004
Madeleine Leonard
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This article discusses articles on child research - including adult regulation of children's play, citizenship, employment, engagement of children as active thinking beings, childhood health and disability
Abstract:
Introduces articles on child research. Adult regulation of children's play and access to television; Citizenship as a transformational practice in the lifecourse of contemporary children; Employment experiences of children in Northern Ireland; Adolescent Chinese cultural beliefs within Hong Kong; Engagement of children as active thinking beings in social research and social policy; more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Childhood,
2004
Chris Jenks
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This article discusses the history and politics of 'child begging' and other children's work among the minority population of Travelling People in Ireland
Abstract:
Prompted by legislative reform with respect to 'child begging' in the Irish Children Act 2001, this article examines the history and politics of 'child begging' and other children's work among the minority population of Travelling People in Ireland. Increased official focus on Traveller 'child begging' in the 1990s, and an attempt on the part of Traveller advocates to defend related more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Critique of Anthropology,
Jane Helleiner
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The aim of this study was to examine the notion that the work of paper-delivery that children commonly do tends to provide them with transferable skills
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One of the most common forms of employment for children in the UK is newspaper delivery work. The occupation is portrayed as ideally suitable for young teenagers as it enables them to combine attending school with part-time employment. However, as this article demonstrates, the reality is far removed from this rosy image. Drawing on empirical work carried out in Belfast in 1998, the more...
International Classification:
Other - working in childhood
Categories:
working in childhood
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Childhood,
Vol: 9 Page: 190 2002
Madeleine Leonard
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