| Description |
xv, 329 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-321) and index. |
| 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. |
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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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| Added Author |
Outshoorn, Joyce.
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| ISBN |
0521833191 |
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9780521833196 |
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0521540690 paperback |
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9780521540698 paperback |
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