Trabalho infantil: A morte silenciosa da infância - um questionamento da realidade macapaense dos trabalhadores infantis do Complexo da Praça Beira Rio

Abstract

This study reflects on the exploitation of child labor in the city of Macapá. Objectively, set out to investigate the problem of early child labor and its implications for social and educational life of children and adolescents Square Beira Rio. Through the data collected, measured and analyzed it was found that the condition of extreme shortage of funds is that it takes many of the juvenile population, every day, to work for Square Beira Rio. This work was developed through a literature drawing on literature relevant to the subject. Then, a search field, next to the target population, using data collection, the technique of form and not interview policy. It consists of three chapters of this work: The first chapter discusses the sociological concepts of work, from the viewpoint of classical authors and a brief historical account of child labor in Brazil, the second chapter is about the silent death of childhood and the relationship child and society and the third chapter examines the reality of child labor in Macapá, focusing on junior employees Square Beira Rio.