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International Approaches to Prostitution : Law and Policy in Europe and Asia
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Annotation What is to be done about prostitution? Is it work or is it violence? Are women involved in prostitution offenders or victims? Is prostitution a private or a political issue? The answers ...
Annotation What is to be done about prostitution? Is it work or is it violence? Are women involved in prostitution offenders or victims? Is prostitution a private or a political issue? The answers to these questions vary depending on many factors, including where in the world you live. This book provides a valuable, detailed international comparison of the laws, policies and interventions in eight countries across Europe and Asia.
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- Bristol : Policy Press Jan. 2009
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- 1 online resource
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- 9781847421586, 184742158X, 1447302613, 9781447302612, 1281159751, 9781281159755, 9786611159757, 6611159754, 1861346727, 1861346735
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- on1148089998
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Cover; INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO PROSTITUTION -- Law and policy in Europe and Asia; Contents; List of tables and boxes; Notes on contributors; ONE -- Introduction: approaches to prostitution; Situated knowledges -- our approaches to prostitution; The structure of this book; Why these countries?; The impact of political structures; The status of women; Legal structures in relation to prostitution; Debates around decriminalisation and legalisation; The chapters that follow; Part One -- Europe
- TWO -- From the personal to the political:shifting perspectives on street prostitution in England and WalesTHREE -- Prostitution in France; FOUR -- Prostitution in Sweden: debates and policies 1980-2004; FIVE -- The Republic of Moldova: prostitution and trafficking in women; Part Two -- Asia; SIX -- Prostitution in India: laws, debates and responses; SEVEN -- Good women, bad women:prostitution in Pakistan; EIGHT -- Selling bodies/selling pleasure: the social organisation of sex work in Taiwan; NINE -- Prostitution in Thailand:perceptions and realities; Index