The politics of prostitution : women's movements, democratic states, and the globalisation of sex commerce / edited by Joyce Outshoorn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Outshoorn, Joyce, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution--Government policy.

Prostitution.

Prostitution--Political aspects.

Feminism.

Women's rights.

Prostitutes--Legal status, laws, etc.

Prostitutes.

Prostitutes--Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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'.

Contents:

Introduction : prostitution, women's movements and democratic politics / Joyce Outshoorn

The women's movement and prostitution politics in Australia / Barbara Sullivan

Taxes, rights and regimentation : discourses on prostitution in Austria / Birgit Sauer

Prostitution policies in Britain, 1982-2002 / Johanna Kantola and Judith Squires

Prostitution as public nuisance : prostitution policy in Canada / Leslie Ann Jeffrey

Towards a new prohibitionism? State feminism, women's movements and prostitution policies in Finland / Anne Maria Holli

Prostitute movements face elite apathy and gender-biased universalism in France / Amy G. Mazur

The politics of prostitution and trafficking of women in Israel / Delila Amir and Mencahem Amir

Italy : the never-ending debate / Daniela Danna

Voluntary and forced prostitution : the 'realistic approach' of the Netherlands / Joyce Outshoorn

State feminism and central state debates on prostitution in post-authoritarian Spain / Celia Valiente

Criminalising the john

a Swedish gender model? / Yvonne Svanström

The invisible issue : prostitution and trafficking of women and girls in the United States / Dorothy McBride Stetson

Comparative prostitution politics and the case for state feminism / Joyce Outshoorn.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14914-2

1-280-43772-3

0-511-18432-8

0-511-16610-9

0-511-16415-7

0-511-33141-X

0-511-48904-8

0-511-16495-5

OCLC:

560083454