Rights, risks, and responsibilities in the recruitment of children within the global football industry

Carolynne Mason, Paul Darby, Eleanor Drywood, James Esson, Serhat Yilmaz

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Abstract

This paper examines children’s engagement with the increasingly global and commercialised football industry. By combining a Global Production Network approach and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child it is argued that, for children’s rights and best interests to be better upheld and realised within the football industry, regulatory conditions need to account for geographical contextuality and incorporate scope for children to inform regulatory frameworks and practice. The paper highlights the importance of designing and implementing research that recognises and operationalises children’s agency, which can both inform and influence regulations and practices, to better reflect children’s best interests.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)728-756
Journal International Journal of Children's Rights
Volume27
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 21 Nov 2019

Keywords

  • Children in sport
  • Children's rights
  • Agency
  • Football
  • soccer

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