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Designing prostitution policy : intention and reality in regulating the sex trade / Hendrik Wagenaar, Helga Amesberger and Sietske Altink

Author
Wagenaar, H.
Published
Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2017.
Physical Description
vi, 305 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Amesberger, Helga and Altink, Sietske
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Language Note
In English.
Restrictions on Access
Open Access Unrestricted online access
Contents
Introduction -- Dora's story -- The primacy of policy in prostitution -- The goals of the book -- A reader's guide to the book -- Challenges of prostitution policy -- The stigma of prostitution and the paradox of control -- Prostitution politics as morality politics -- Paradoxes of immigration -- Obstacles to obtaining reliable numbers about prostitution and sex workers -- The ineluctable importance of the local in prostitution policy -- Analysing prostitution policy -- The local governance of prostitution: regulatory drift and implementation capture -- Policy implementation as policy formulation with different means -- Policy design and policy instruments -- Local policymaking in the Netherlands -- Local policymaking in Vienna -- Conclusion: policy implementation, morality politics and the corrosive effects of discourse -- The national governance of prostitution: political rationality and the politics of discourse -- Introduction: policy subsystems and policy streams -- National policy in the Netherlands -- National policy in Austria -- Conclusion: Designing prostitution policy -- Understanding the policy field: migration, prostitution, trafficking and exploitation -- Introduction: prostitution as a complex policy field -- Migration, prostitution and coercion -- How immigration and labour law shape the 'modern slavery' problem -- Prostitution and exploitation -- Prostitution, trafficking and exploitation: an alternative framework -- Prostitution policy beyond trafficking: collaborative governance in prostitution -- The challenges of prostitution policy revisited: harnessing a complex policy field Introducing collaborative rationality in prostitution governance -- Sex worker advocacy and the state -- Governance capacity and collaborative governance -- Is collaborative governance in prostitution policy possible? -- Summary and conclusion.
Summary
Most discussions about approaches to regulating prostitution occur at the national level battles, for example, between prohibition and legalization. In reality, however, the impact of prostitution is felt most keenly at the local level, and it is local measures that can have the greatest effect. This book explores various approaches to regulating prostitution and other sex work at the local level, analyzing their aims and outcomes and offering guidance on designing effective regulations through available policy. --
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9781447324249 (hardback)
1447324242 (hardback)
9781447335191 (electronic book)
9781447335207 (electronic book)
9781447324263 (electronic book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and index.
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