Discourses on Childhood: Policy‐Making with Regard to Child Labour in the Context of Competing Cultural and Economic Preceptions

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Few images evoke as emotional a response from an audience as those involving children. When these children are depicted as being in strife—as victims of war, famine or economic misfortune—the response is likely to be that much stronger. This article looks at the media construction of the child labour issue at the global level, and in the football‐manufacturing centre of Sialkot in Pakistan in particular. This paper will not only call into question the media’s representation of child labour in Sialkot, it will also question the effectiveness of policies that grew out of this media representation. Lastly, this paper will conclude by showing how this process of media construction of reality continues to influence policy‐making.View full textDownload full textKeywordsPakistan, Child Labour, Sports Industry, MediaRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757201003730574