| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) |
| 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 movmements 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- Government policy
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Prostitution -- Political aspects
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Feminism.
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Women's rights.
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Prostitutes -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Prostitutes -- Civil rights
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Feminism
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Women's Rights
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feminism.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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Feminism.
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Prostitutes -- Civil rights.
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Prostitutes -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Prostitution -- Government policy.
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Prostitution -- Political aspects.
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Women's rights.
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Prostitution
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Prostitutie.
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Vrouwenhandel.
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Wetgeving.
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Vrouwenbeweging.
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Politique gouvernementale.
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Prostitution.
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Prostituée.
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Féminisme.
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Femme.
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Mouvement féministe.
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Démocratie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Outshoorn, Joyce
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| ISBN |
9780511164156 |
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0511164157 |
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9780521833196 |
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0521833191 |
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9780521540698 |
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0521540690 |
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0511164955 |
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9780511164958 |
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0511166109 |
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9780511166105 |
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1107149142 |
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9781107149144 |
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1280437723 |
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9781280437724 |
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0511184328 |
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9780511184321 |
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0511489048 |
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9780511489044 |
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