Children of Other Worlds by Jeremy Seabrook

Children of Other Worlds by Jeremy Seabrook

More than 40,000 children die daily in the developing world from avoidable sickness and disease. Tens of millions of children labour in mines, mills and sweatshops, or scavenge for a living on city streets and dumps. In the so-called developed world, children's lives are similarly blighted by drugs, alcohol, sexual abuse and violence. Children of the rich are unhealthily obsessed with consumerist desires while children of the poor suffer from lack of opportunity. The global market is responsible for both of these ills. In Children of Other Worlds Jeremy Seabrook examines the international exploitation of children and exposes the hypocrisy, piety and moral blindness that have informed so much of the debate in the West on the rights of the child. Seabrook insists that the whole question of protecting children's rights must take into consideration the structural abuses of humanity that are inherent in globalisation.

'Not just a study of children's work in Bangladesh, but also a reminder of the debates about child labour in Britain.. Seabrook's passionate reporting and advocacy deserves a wide readership' -- Richard Gott, The Independent

Jeremy Seabrook (1939-2024) wrote on inequality, poverty and the oppressed in Britain and across the Global South for over half a century. His articles were featured in the Guardian, The Times and the Independent. He has written plays for stage, TV and the theatre, some in collaboration with his close friend, Michael O’Neill. His many books include The Song of the Shirt and Cut Out: Living Without Welfare. In 2023 he published his memoirs, Private Worlds.

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ISBN 13	9780745313917
ISBN 10	0745313914
Title	Children of Other Worlds
Author	Jeremy Seabrook
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pluto Press
Year published	2001-04-20
Number of pages	192
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