The Politics of Prostitution by Joyce Outshoorn
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, first published in 2004, 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'.
CHRISTINA BERGQVIST Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden MARIA BUSTELO Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain KAREN CELIS Department of Management Science, Hogeschool Gent, Belgium ALESSIA DONÀ Lecturer in Public Policy Analysis and Comparative Politics, University of Trento, Italy MARILA GUADAGNINI Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Turin, Italy ANNE MARIA HOLLI Research Fellow (Academy of Finland), Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki, Finland SABINE LANG Assistant Professor of European Studies, H.M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, USA JONI LOVENDUSKI Anniversary Professor of Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK AMY MAZUR Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington State University, USA DOROTHY E. MCBRIDE Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University, USA PETRA MEIER Lecturer, Politics Department, Antwerp University, Belgium JANTINE OLDERSMA Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Leiden University, The Netherlands TANJA OLSSON BLANDY Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden CANDICE D. ORTBALS Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA DIANE SAINSBURY Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University, Sweden BIRGIT SAUER Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Austria MARIAN SAWER Professor of Political Science, Australian National University, Australia
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521540698 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521540690 |
| Title | The Politics of Prostitution |
| Author | Joyce Outshoorn |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2004-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 348 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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