International standards and domestic compliance: the issue of child labor
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
International Studies
First Advisor's Name
Francois Debrix
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Nicholas Onuf
Third Advisor's Name
Elisabeth Prügl
Date of Defense
4-5-2002
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to address the issue of non-compliance with international child labor standards in the Indian case. In order to do this I took a social constructivist approach to analyzing and explaining human behavior, utilizing methods of process tracing and secondary case study analysis. I first looked at why states ratifY treaties embodying international child labor standards but fail to comply with them. I then evaluated the viability of the popular legal positivist proposal to bring about compliance by linking non-compliance with economic sanctions. My findings demonstrated that the reason for non-compliance is that there are strong norms within the Indian social structure which support the practice of child labor, in direct contrast to the international treaties prohibiting child labor. Thus, I concluded that the linkage of non-compliance and economic sanctions would be ineffective because sanctions would do little to address the cause of the non-compliance.
Identifier
FI14060832
Recommended Citation
Church, Audrey Leigh, "International standards and domestic compliance: the issue of child labor" (2002). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2362.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2362
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