Forced Labor: Coercion and Exploitation in the Private Economy
  • 2009/229 pages

Forced Labor:

Coercion and Exploitation in the Private Economy

Beate Andrees and Patrick Belser, editors
Hardcover: $59.95
ISBN: 978-1-58826-664-4
Paperback: $24.50
ISBN: 978-1-58826-689-7
Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12.3 million people are subjected to modern forms of forced labor—in rich countries, as well as poor ones.

The authors of Forced Labor present state-of-the art research on the manifestations of these slavery-like practices, why they continue to survive, and how they can be eliminated. Their conceptually rich analysis, combined with insightful case studies from Asia, Europe, and Latin America, is a major contribution on an issue of pressing global concern.
Beate Andrees is an antitrafficking expert in the International Labour Organization’s Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour. Patrick Belser is an economist with the ILO, where he works on forced labor and wage issues.