The Politics of Prostitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Prostitution write by Joyce Outshoorn. This book was released on 2004-01-08. The Politics of Prostitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The most effective way to deal with prostitution has always been hotly debated by governments and women s movements alike. Feminists want it abolished or regulated as sex work; governments have to safeguard public health and order. This book shows how women s movements in Western Europe, North America and Australia have affected politics on prostitution and trafficking of women since the 1970s, asking what made them successful in some countries but a failure in others. It also assesses whether government institutions to advance the status of women - so-called women s policy agencies - have played a key role in achieving policy outcomes favourable to movement demands. Written by an international team of experts and based on original sources, all chapters follow the same framework to ensure comparability. The final chapter offers an overall comparison identifying what makes women s movements successful and women s agencies effective, presenting the case for state feminism .
Prostitution, Race, and Politics
Prostitution, Race, and Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prostitution, Race, and Politics write by Philippa Levine. This book was released on 2003. Prostitution, Race, and Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Publisher description
Feminism, Prostitution and the State
Feminism, Prostitution and the State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Feminism, Prostitution and the State write by Eilis Ward. This book was released on 2017-02-17. Feminism, Prostitution and the State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited volume focuses on charting the rise of neo-abolitionism and offering a critique of the idea, its logics and consequences. A model of state policy which aims to abolish prostitution through legislation, Neo-abolitionism criminalises the buyer of sex but not the seller. It is currently law in Sweden and other Nordic states and dominates the framing of policy debates in many other Western liberal contexts. Pressure for adoption of this policy has come from radical feminists who understand prostitution and sex trafficking as a form of violence against women. This volume argues that this convergence between radical feminism and state’s interests arises from the emergence of, on the one hand, ‘governance feminism’ which seeks to have its ideals implemented through ‘top-down sovereigntist means’, and on the other hand, state’s interests in legitimising stricter border controls and law enforcement responses in relation to transnational organised criminality, ‘illegal’ migration, and security. Based around a series of country case studies each chapter will explore the politics surrounding the emergence of neo-abolitionism and its trajectory through those polities, whether the paradigm has been adopted, rejected or is still under debate. The volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of Social and Public Policy, Gender and Women’s Studies, Politics and International Relations and Critical Legal Studies/Criminology.
Prostitution, Politics & Policy
Prostitution, Politics & Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prostitution, Politics & Policy write by Roger Matthews. This book was released on 2008-01-18. Prostitution, Politics & Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Prostitution has become an extremely topical issue in recent years and attention has focused both on the situation of female prostitutes and the adequacy of existing forms of regulation. Prostitution, Politics & Policy brings together the main debates and issues associated with prostitution in order to examine the range of policy options that are available. Governments in different parts of the world have been struggling to develop constructive policies to deal with prostitution – as, for example, the British Home Office recently instigated a £1.5 million programme to help address the perceived problems of prostitution. In the context of this struggle, and amidst the publication of various policy documents, Prostitution, Politics & Policy develops a fresh approach to understanding this issue, while presenting a range of what are seen as progressive and radical policy proposals. Much of the debate around prostitution has been polarized between liberals – who want prostitution decriminalized, normalized and humanized – and conservatives – who have argued that prostitution should be abolished. But, drawing on a wide range of international literature, and providing an overview that is both accessible to students and relevant to policy makers and practitioners, Roger Matthews proposes a form of radical realism that is irreducible to either of these two positions.
The Politics of Trafficking
The Politics of Trafficking - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Trafficking write by Stephanie Limoncelli. This book was released on 2010-02-23. The Politics of Trafficking available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sex trafficking is not a recent phenomenon. Over 100 years ago, the first international traffic in women for prostitution emerged, prompting a worldwide effort to combat it. The Politics of Trafficking provides a unique look at the history of that first anti-trafficking movement, illuminating the role gender, sexuality, and national interests play in international politics. Initially conceived as a global humanitarian effort to protect women from sexual exploitation, the movement's feminist-inspired vision failed to achieve its universal goal and gradually gave way to nationalist concerns over "undesirable" migrants and state control over women themselves. Addressing an issue that is still of great concern today, this book sheds light on the ability of international non-governmental organizations to challenge state power, the motivations for state involvement in humanitarian issues pertaining to women, and the importance of gender and sexuality to state officials engaged in nation building.
