Forced labor
Subtitle: coercion and exploitation in the private economy
By: edited by Beate Andrees, Patrick Belser.
Contributors: Andrees, Beate.; Belser, Patrick.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9789221201649; 9781588266644; 9781588266897
Subjects: Forced labor; Forced labor -- Government policy; Slave labor; Human trafficking; Crimes against humanity
Description: "Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12.3 million people are subjected to modem forms of forced labor - in rich countries, as well as poor ones. The authors of Forced Labor present state-of-the-art research on the manifestations of these slavery-like practices, why they continue to survive, and how they can be eliminated. Their conceptually rich analysis, combined with insightful case studies from Asia, Europe, and Latin America, is a major contribution on an issue of pressing global concern."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Slave labor" in Brazil / Leonardo Sakamoto; title: Debt bondage and ethnic discrimination in Latin America / Eduardo Bedoya, Alvaro Bedoya, and Patrick Belser; title: Bonded labor in Pakistan / Ali Khan; title: The legacy of slavery in Niger / Ali R. Sékou and Saidou Abdoulkarimou; title: Trafficking for forced labor in Europe / Beate Andrees; title: Strengthening labor market governance against forced labor / Beate Andrees and Patrick Belser; title: Criminalizing human trafficking and protecting the victims / Rohit Malpani; title: Empowering communities: lessons from Tamil Nadu, India  / Isabelle Guérin ... [et al.]; title: Improving forced labor statistics / Patrick Belser and Michaelle de Cock.