CONTENTS Preface v List of Tables xi List of Plates xvi 1. Introduction 1-4 2. Child Labour in the Third World 5-31 Determinants of Child Labour 5 Magnitude of the Problem of Child Labour 7 Major Child Labour-intensive Occupations in India 9 Official Reports on Child Labour in India 10 Constitutional Safeguards on Child Labour in India 13 Legal Provisions on Child Labour in India 14 Other National Initiatives on Child Labour in India 19 International Initiatives on Child Labour 21 3. Design, Results and Analyses 32-129 Section I: Outlining the Research Design 32 Section II: Profile of the Populations 38 Section III: Educational Aspects of the Populations 42 Section IV: Condition of Urban Marginality among the Studied Population 46 Section V: Economic Condition of the Populations 51 Section VI: Population and Educational Profiles of the Child Labourers 60 Section VII: Economic Profile of the Child Labourers 64 Section VIII: Thick Description of the Key Behaviours 80 Section IX: Statistical Analyses on the Marginalisation of Population and Child Labour 91 Section X: Tables 102 4. Child Labour in a Third World Urban Situation: Towards a Conclusion 130-146 Child Labour in the Third World 131 The Research Design and the Findings 132 Towards a Third Worldly Discourse 145 Bibliography 147-153 Appendix: Plates 154-158 Index 159-160