The Movement for the Abolition of Child Labour as an Example of a Transnational Network Movement

Patrick Develtere, null; An Huybrechs, null

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Author(s): Patrick Develtere , An Huybrechs

Publication date (Print): Spring 2008

Journal: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

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With the advent of a global network society, movements and social organisations acquire a new place and space in development. A wide range of actors, including international nongovernmental organisations and transnational coalitions, are reacting in a variety of ways to new domestic and global challenges. Separated from traditional social movements, such as trade unions, new forms of collective action have emerged on the international scene which can be described as ‘transnational network movements’. This paper discusses the differences in ideology, practice, and organisation between traditional social movements and these new network movements, using the movement for the abolition of child labour as an example. The history of this movement, the actors involved and its repertoire of actions illustrate clearly that transnational network movements are very dynamic and open environments in which a wide variety of national and international organisations and movements, as well as institutions, corporations and individuals, can choose their own level of involvement whilst managing to develop a certain social power.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.13169

Journal ID (publisher-id): workorgalaboglob

Title: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 1745641X

ISSN (Electronic): 17456428

Publication date (Print): Spring 2008

Volume: 2

Issue: 1

Pages: 165-179

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Publisher ID: workorgalaboglob.2.1.0165

DOI: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.2.1.0165

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Develtere, P. & A. Huybrechts (2006) Trade Unions and the Fight against Child Labour: Review of Policies and Practices , Working Paper 16, Leuven: Centre for Global Governance Studies
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[1] Castells, M. (1997) The Power of Identity , Cambridge, Massachusetts:Blackwell

[2] Castells, M. (2000) The Rise of the Network Society , Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell

[3] Develtere, P. & A. Huybrechts (2006) Trade Unions and the Fight against Child Labour: Review of Policies and Practices , Working Paper 16, Leuven: Centre for Global Governance Studies

[4] Diani, M. & D. McAdam (2003) Social Movements and Networks: Relational Approaches to Collective Action , Oxford: Oxford University Press

[5] Dryzek, J. (1999) ‘Transnational Democracy’, The Journal of Political Philosophy 7 (1): 30–51

[6] Fyfe, A. & M. Jankanish(1997) Trade Unions and Child Labour: a Guide to Action , Geneva: International Labour Office

[7] Fyfe, A. (2007) The Worldwide Movement against Child Labour: Progress and Future Directions , Geneva: International Labour Office

[8] Howen, N. & D. Petrasek (2002) Beyond Voluntarism: Human Rights and the Developing International Obligations of Companies , Versoix: International Council on Human Rights Policy

[9] ILO (2001) Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour: an Integrated and Time-Bound Approach , Geneva: International Labour Organisation

[10] ILO (2000) Trade Unions and Child Labour: Children out of Work and into School – Adults at Work , Geneva: International Labour Organisation

[11] ILO (2004) Investing in every child: an economic study of the costs and benefits of eliminating child labour , Geneva: International Labour Organisation

[12] Juris, J. S. (2004) ‘Networked Social Movements: Global Movements for Social Justice’, in M. Castells (ed), The Network Society: A Cross-cultural Perspective , Cheltenham: Edward Elgar:341–362

[13] Khagram, S., J.V. Riker & K. Sikkink (2002) Restructuring World Politics: Transnational Social Movements , Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press

[14] McAdam, D., J.D. McCarthy & M.N. Zald (eds) (1996) Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements: Political Opportunities, Mobilising Structures, and Cultural Framings , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

[15] Olesen, T. (2005) ‘Transnational Publics: New Spaces of Social Movement Activism and the Problem of Global Long-Sightedness’, Current Sociology 53 (3):419–440

[16] Sharma, A., R. Sharma & N. Ray (2004) Child Labour in the Carpet Industry: impact of social labelling in India , New Delhi: Institute for Human Development

[17] Sikkink, K. 2005. ‘Patterns of Dynamic Multilevel Governance and the Insider-Outsider Coalition’, in D. della Porta and S. Tarrow (eds), Transnational Processes and Social Movements , Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield:151–74

[18] Sen, A. (2000) Development as Freedom , New York: Anchor Books

[19] Tarrow, S. (2002) ‘From Lumping to Splitting: Specifying Globalisation and Resistance’, in J. Smith & H. Johnston (eds), Globalisation and Resistance: Transnational Dimensions of Social Movements , Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield:229–49

[20] UNICEF (2000) Beyond Child Labour, Affirming Rights , Geneva: UNICEF

[21] Waterman, P. (2001) Globalization, Social Movements and the New Internationalisms. , London & New York: Continuum

[22] World Social Forum (2001). Retrieved on December 23, 2007 from http://www.ifiwatchnet.org/?q=en/node/3921