Exploitation of Children; Gender Issues

Two very worthy, immensely detailed and thoroughly researched tomes but the prose in both is just so pedestrian it could send you to sleep within ten minutes.

Aimed very much at older students, both books take a world perspective looking at 'real life' cases and drawing comparisons between cultures. Equal opportunities, women's rights and changing gender roles are familiar territory which Gender Issues covers competently. Exploitation of Children covers an area of life which is not so much at the forefront of our minds and retains the capacity to shock and horrify. Whilst focusing mainly on the developing world, the author is not afraid to point the finger at problems in the West where necessary. Perhaps most shocking of all is the chapter on sexual exploitation - looking at child prostitution and sexual tourism.