ABSTRACT
Chilean families experienced the initiation of a coalition Christian Democrat—Social Democrat government, which followed a period of concerted effort to end military rule through the electoral process and grassroots mobilization. The number of Peruvian Non-governmental organizations appears to have increased, but the operated independently of government financial support. One way to observe changes in the orientation of national child labor policy is through the political negotiations with the International Labour Organization. Family behaviors about children's activities may change, but this will occur even when family preferences remain unchanged. The diffusion of international norms depends on the establishment and the sustainability of networks among domestic and transnational actors who succeed in linking with international regimes. The contradictory trends people find in Mexico and Peru, as well as the divergence of those countries from Chile, are indicative of larger tendencies experienced by the world's children.
