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

• Autore: Gangoli Geetanjali
• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy Press, Jan. 2009; ©Jan. 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.4/4094
• Soggetto topico: Social Science - Prostitution & Sex Trade; Prostitution - Europe; Prostitution - Asia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): WestmarlandNicole
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation
• Titolo autorizzato: International approaches to prostitution
• ISBN: 1-4473-0261-3; 1-281-15975-1; 9786611159757; 1-84742-158-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450893603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II