Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex, Work, and Human Rights
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...
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Activists and scholars engaged with women's issues and human rights try to clarify some confusion about the meaning of human trafficking and the impact measures taken to end it have on poor people around the world. Diverging from the views of global political leaders and the mainstream media, they explain how trafficking is conceptualized, redefined, and made operational by people who work in the field and value the rights and lives of the poor and marginalized. They draw from research and activism primarily in Asia since the 1990s, and focus on people's livelihood arrangements and survival strategies under new forms of globalization. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Introduction : from moral panic to global justice : changing perspectives on trafficking1Unpacking the trafficking discourse32Cross-border movements and the law : renogotiating the boundaries of difference253Miles away : the trouble with prevention in the greater Mekong sub-region434Reflections by an anti-trafficking activist655From anti-trafficking to social discipline; or, the changing role of "women's" NGOs in Taiwan836Trafficking in lives : how ideology shapes policy1077The myth of Nepal-to-India sex trafficking : its creation, its maintenance, and its influence on anti-trafficking interventions1278Sex workers' rights organizations and anti-trafficking campaigns1499Migration, trafficking, and sites of work : rights and vulnerabilities15910Feminist participatory action research in the Mekong region17511Using a dynamic, interactive, and participatory process to develop and redefine the human trafficking paradigm in Bangladesh19912Trafficked persons or economic migrants? : Bangladeshis in India211
