International approaches to prostitution : : Law and policy in Europe and Asia / / ed. by Geetanjali Gangoli, Nicole Westmarland.

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 val...

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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2006]
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and boxes
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction: approaches to prostitution
  • Europe
  • From the personal to the political: shifting perspectives on street prostitution in England and Wales
  • Prostitution in France
  • Prostitution in Sweden: debates and policies 1980-2004
  • The Republic of Moldova: prostitution and trafficking in women
  • Asia
  • Prostitution in India: laws, debates and responses
  • Good women, bad women: prostitution in Pakistan
  • Selling bodies/selling pleasure: the social organisation of sex work in Taiwan
  • Prostitution in Thailand: perceptions and realities
  • Index