This book addresses the issue of agency in relation to child marriage. In international campaigns against child marriage, there is a puzzle of agency: While int

Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But Nicholas L. Syrett challenges th

One-third of the world's girls are married before the age of eighteen, limiting both their educational and economic potential. Child marriage is damaging to glo

Ending child marriage is not only a moral imperative—it is a strategic imperative that will further critical U.S. foreign policy interests in development, pro

"Updated with an epilogue ..."--P. [4] of cover.