The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform [electronic resource] : Governing Loose Women /
Mattson, Greggor.author.
The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform traces case studies of four European Union countries to reveal the way anxieties over globalization translates into policies to recognize sex workers in some countries, punish prostitutes' clients in others, and protect victims of human trafficking in them all.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Governing Loose Women: The New Politics of Prostitution; 2 States of Anxiety: Prostitution Reform as a Symptom of European Integration; 3 Dutch Pragmatism and the Difficulties of Professionalizing Prostitution; 4 Legislating Peace for Women: Sweden's Sex Purchase Act; 5 German Consensus for Sex Work, Compromise over Sex Business; 6 Finland on the Fence: Abolitionist Compromise at the Edge of Europe; 7 Seeing as a State: Transnational Problems through National Lenses
8 The Truly Trafficked Woman, and Other Globalization Anxieties9 Methodological Afterword: Identity Work and the Interviewer; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform traces case studies of four European Union countries to reveal the way anxieties over globalization translates into policies to recognize sex workers in some countries, punish prostitutes' clients in others, and protect victims of human trafficking in them all.
Social policy.
Sociology.
Welfare state.
Political sociology.
Ethnology—Europe.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Social Policy.
Gender Studies.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Political Sociology.
European Culture.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.