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India has the largest number of child labourers in the world, and has been the subject of intense media and political campaigns in the North aimed at addressing the abuse of children's rights. This book explores these rights as a site of power and reveals how the rights discourse has been used by international actors, national elites and local NGOs in the child labour debate in India.

Child labor --- Children's rights --- India. --- Bharat --- Bhārata --- Government of India --- Ḣindiston Respublikasi --- Inde --- Indi --- Indien --- Indii͡ --- Indland --- Indo --- Republic of India --- Sāthāranarat ʻIndīa --- Yin-tu

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Analyses the sociological, anthropological, psychological and political causes and consequences of Islamic political radicalism in EuropeAuthors explore the motivations behind such radicalism, focusing on an array of different factors. These include economic and social alienation, political and cultural marginalisation, gender and masculinity, and psychological issues, both at an individual and community level.Other issues discussed are the state responses, national and international, to the ‘War on Terror’ which came about after the attacks on America in September 2001; and the role of Islamic political organisations and their impact on changing ethno-religious identities. This is considered particularly in relation to concept of the Ummah and its influence on the position of Islam and Muslims in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine, as well as Bosnia, Chechnya, and Kashmir.The authors provide an analysis of events and experiences in different European nation states, with a detailed focus on Britain. This book is particularly relevant in the current climate as an attempt to understand the factors that shape Islamic political radicalism in Europe.Key FeaturesWritten for academics as well as activists and practitionersExplores major new and emerging issues, particularly in the aftermath of the July 2005 London bombings

Islam and politics --- Radicalism --- Extremism, Political --- Ideological extremism --- Political extremism --- Political science --- Muslims --- Islam --- Islamic fundamentalism --- Terrorism --- Musulmans --- Islam et politique --- Radicalisme --- Intégrisme islamique --- Terrorisme