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The Politics of Prostitution: Women's Movements, Democratic States and the Globalisation of Sex Commerce

$41.99
Author: Joyce Outshoorn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Paperback:
ISBN 10: 0521540690
ISBN 13: 978-0521540698

Hardcover:
ISBN 10: 0521833191
ISBN 13: 978-0521833196

Revealing how women's movements in Western Europe, North America and Australia have affected politics on prostitution and trafficking of women since the 1970s, this study asks why they are successful in some countries but failures in others. The contributions written by an international team of experts are based on original sources. The final chapter utilizes comparative analysis to determine the factors that make women's movements and agencies successful, presenting an argument for "state feminism".