Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered

New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights

By Kamala Kempadoo (Editor); Jyoti Sanghera; Bandana Pattanaik
(Paradigm Publishers, Paperback, 9781594510977, 247pp.)

Publication Date: May 2005

Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback

Categories: General, General

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Trafficking and prostitution are widely believed to be synonymous, and to be leading international crimes. This collection argues against such sensationalism and advances carefully considered and grounded alternatives for understanding transnational migrations, forced labor, sex work, and livelihood strategies under new forms of globalization. From their long-term engagements as anti-trafficking advocates, the authors unpack the contemporary international debate on trafficking. They maintain that rather than a new 'white slave trade, ' we are witnessing today, more broadly, an increase in the violation of the rights of freedom of movement, decent employment, and social and economic security. Critical examinations of state anti-trafficking interventions, including the US-led War on Trafficking, also reveal links to a broader attack on undocumented migrants, tribal and aboriginal peoples, poor women, men and children, and sex workers. The book sheds new light on everyday circumstances, popular discourses, and strategies for survival under twenty-first century economic and political conditions, with a focus on Asia, but with lessons globally
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