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Title: POLITICAL RESPONSES TO CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA - ANALYZING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SYMBOLISM
Authors: Aryan Mahajan
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Aryan Mahajan The Doon School, Uttarakhand
MLA 8 Mahajan, Aryan. "POLITICAL RESPONSES TO CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA - ANALYZING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SYMBOLISM." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 6, June 2020, pp. 1629-1635, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=113. Accessed June 2020. APA(6) Mahajan, A. (2020, June). POLITICAL RESPONSES TO CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA - ANALYZING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SYMBOLISM. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(6), 1629-1635. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=113 Chicago Mahajan, Aryan. "POLITICAL RESPONSES TO CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA - ANALYZING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SYMBOLISM." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 6 (June 2020), 1629-1635. Accessed June, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=113.
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Abstract: The incidence of child labour is a social issue that continues to plague India’s children and social fabric. This leads to a continued cycle of poverty, lack of access to education and exploitation. While there have been several schemes implemented to tackle the same, all are a result of representation and symbolism that is from an abolitionist perspective rather than one that is rehabilitative, and focused on social inclusion, education, and the perception of the rights that working children have for themselves. This representation and symbolism on both the national and international level is problematic, as it has not led to much structural reform in terms of tackling the systemic and structural inequalities that have resulted in child labour occurring. Further, there is no real reform with respect to penalizing corporations either. This paper will critique abolitionist symbolism from a sociological and political perspective, and argue that in the developing context, rehabilitative and consultative policy is the way forward to address the issue of child labour, rather than statistics or campaigns that seek to save children only by banning child labour.

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