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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450893603321

Autore

Gangoli Geetanjali

Titolo

International approaches to prostitution : Law and policy in Europe and Asia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, Jan. 2009

©Jan. 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0261-3

1-281-15975-1

9786611159757

1-84742-158-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

363.4/4094

Soggetti

Social Science - Prostitution & Sex Trade

Prostitution - Europe

Prostitution - Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



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