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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book looks at the post-Soviet transition of Uzbekistan's economy and social life through a lens of child labor in cotton production. Bilal Bhat employs results of multiple surveys to illustrate the paradoxes of the collapse of the post-Soviet agricultural sector in Central Asian countries. The author studies complex and conflicting interaction among the state, the society, and the new elites in Uzbekistan through their attitude toward child labor, childhood, and education. -- Muzaffar A. Olimov, Tajikistan Academy of Sciences
Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Locating Child Labor in Uzbekistan Chapter Three: Cotton Cultivation and Child Labor in Uzbekistan Chapter Four: Social and Legal Aspects Chapter Five: Analytical Perspective Chapter Six: Sociological Perspective Chapter Seven: Critique, Conclusions, and Policy Implications
