The Kids Are in Charge: Activism and Power in Peru's Movement of Working Children

by Jessica K. Taft

Book Overview

Details the possibilities and challenges of intergenerational activism and social movements

Since 1976, the Peruvian movement of working children has fought to redefine age-based roles in society, including defending children's right to work. In The Kids Are in Charge, Jessica K. Taft gives us an inside look at this groundbreaking, intergenerational social movement, showing that kids can--and should be--respected as equal partners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479854506
• ISBN13: 9781479854509
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"