Modern Slavery in Global Context : Human Rights, Law, and Society / edited by Elizabeth Faulkner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faulkner, Elizabeth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Law and legislation.

Slavery.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Bristol University Press, [2024]

Summary:

This collection brings together academics from a range of disciplines to examine modern slavery. Providing a platform to critique the legal, ideological and political responses to the issue, experts interrogate the construct of modern slavery and the anti-trafficking discourse which have dominated contemporary responses to exploitation.

Contents:

Front Cover

Modern Slavery in Global Context: Human Rights, Law, and Society

Copyright information

Dedication

Table of Contents

Table of Cases

Table of Acts, Treaties, and Other Instruments

List of Figures and Tables

List of Acronyms

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword: Against 'Newness'

1 Introduction: The Interdisciplinary Kaleidoscope and Creation of Modern Slavery in Global Context

Introduction

Modern slavery in global context: overview

The role of definitions: the legal origins of slavery and human trafficking

Human trafficking

The question of human rights

Modern slavery: rage against the machine

About the edited collection: the organizing logic

Chapter overview

Part I: 'Theoretical Perspectives'

Part II: 'Structural Issues in Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Practice'

Part III: 'Case Studies'

Conclusion: shifting the kaleidoscope

References

Part I Theoretical Perspectives

2 From Social to Legal: Shifting Approaches to Trafficking at the Turn of 20th-Century England

Section I: the shifting legal and social landscape of the mid-19th century

The emergence of women's rights activism

Section II: towards legal framework on anti-trafficking

Dominance of the NVA: embracing legal power

Conclusion

3 The Coloniality of Modern Slavery in Latin America

Methodology: conducting fieldwork in Bolivia and Peru

Problematizing approaches to modern slavery

Coloniality of power and modern slavery

Coloniality of labour in post-independence Peru: guano and rubber

Decolonization and modern slavery in Bolivia

4 Constructing 'Indigenous People' Reproducing Coloniality's Epistemic Violence: A Content Analysis of the Trafficking in Persons Reports

Introduction.

Coloniality and epistemic violence

Coloniality and human trafficking

Data and methods

Epistemic violence and imperialism

Methodology

Coloniality of knowledge in the TIPRs: constructing the 'Indigenous victim' of human trafficking

Equivocality of indigeneity

Reproducing stereotypes: vulnerability

Moral anxieties

State mechanisms

Socio-economic factors

Geographical clusters

Part II Structural Issues in Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Practice

5 The Ethics of Research into Human Trafficking Beyond 'Do No Harm': Developing a 'Living' Ethical Protocol

Conceptual approaches: capturing the transnational and contextual nature of trafficking

Procedural ethics and existing ethical guidelines

Ethics in practice

Pre-identified ethical considerations

Country-specific considerations

Beyond 'do no harm'

Context and wider considerations

6 Governing through Indicators: Structural Biases and Empirical Challenges in Indicator-Based Approaches to Anti-Trafficking Policy, Practice, and Research

The aetiology of problem, risk, and performance indicators

Indicators as the vocabulary of victimization within human trafficking discourse

Empirical challenges in developing human trafficking indicators

Problem frames and empirical challenges in the use of risk factors: the case of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children in the US

Implications for policy, interventions, and further research

7 The Criminal Investigation of Human Trafficking Crimes in the UK: Benefits and Challenges of Police Collaboration During Police Investigations

The selected operations: Operation Green and Operation Blue.

Human trafficking: a complex crime

The role of multi-agency collaboration in human trafficking police investigations

The benefits and challenges of police collaboration in human trafficking investigations

Operation Green

Operation Blue

The practice of police collaboration to investigate human trafficking crimes

Critical reflections

Part III Case Studies

8 Brexit-Precipitated or Free Movement-Facilitated? Labour Exploitation of EU Migrants in the UK

Brexit: a facilitator of labour exploitation

EU migrants already in the UK: navigating the EUSS

EU migrants in the UK post-free movement

Free movement as a facilitator of labour exploitation

The terms of 'free' movement

EU migrants in the UK labour market

Visibility as victims of modern slavery

The aggravating impact of restrictive immigration policy

9 The Modern Slavery Agenda in the UK: Labour Market Enforcement Perspectives on Law and Policy

Tackling labour market non-compliance: law and policy responses

The establishment of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement

Expansion: Gangmasters Labour Abuse Authority and Labour Abuse Prevention Officers

New enforcement powers: Labour Market Enforcement Orders and Labour Market Enforcement Undertakings

Looking to the future: single enforcement body

The paradox of a labour market enforcement perspective: the 'hostile environment' trumps labour market security

10 Insights from Uganda

'The field': power and feminist methodology

Reflections on positionality

Navigating risk, access, and collaboration

Fieldwork: the obstacle course

Negotiating for informed consent

"I cannot tell you everything": navigating ethics and in-depth interviews.

Conclusion

11 Beyond Victim-Centric Research: Participatory Action Research in a Trafficking 'Hotspot' of Nepal

Introduction: reimagining the political epistemology of victim-centric anti-trafficking research

Placing mobility before political categories

Ethical reflections

Methodology, knowledge production, and unravelling power dynamics

Scoping study: participatory project mapping

The stay in Nepal

Project construction: steering committee, research companions, safe space, and training

The approach

Analysis, reflection, and the pause

The next steps

12 Saviours or Disrupters? The Role of Non-State Actors in the Government-Centric Realm of Anti-Trafficking in Belize

The scaffolding: knowledge, methods, and terminology

The rise of NSAs

Partnerships and development in anti-trafficking

Belize: the good, the bad, and the ugly

'Overseer partnership'

Government-led partnerships

Between a state and non-state focus

Non-state-led methods

Complementary and co-produced implementation

Working outside the state: the other side

Index.

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ISBN:

1-5292-2471-3

1-5292-2473-X