The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform : Governing Loose Women

The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform traces case studies of four European Union countries to reveal the way anxieties over globalization translates into policies to recognize sex workers in some countries, punish prostitutes' clients in others, and protect victims of human trafficking in them all. -- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xii Governing Loose Women: The New Politics of Prostitution....Pages 1-25 States of Anxiety: Prostitution Reform as a Symptom of European Integration....Pages 27-50 Dutch Pragmatism and the Difficulties of Professionalizing Prostitution....Pages 51-76 Legislating Peace for Women: Sweden’s Sex Purchase Act....Pages 77-96 German Consensus for Sex Work, Compromise over Sex Business....Pages 97-126 Finland on the Fence: Abolitionist Compromise at the Edge of Europe....Pages 127-154 Seeing as a State: Transnational Problems through National Lenses....Pages 155-165 The Truly Trafficked Woman, and Other Globalization Anxieties....Pages 167-180 Methodological Afterword: Identity Work and the Interviewer....Pages 181-191 Back Matter....Pages 193-247 Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 3 Copyright 4 Contents 6 List of Figures and Tables 7 Acknowledgments 9 1 Governing Loose Women: The New Politics of Prostitution 11 2 States of Anxiety: Prostitution Reform as a Symptom of European Integration 36 3 Dutch Pragmatism and the Difficulties of Professionalizing Prostitution 60 4 Legislating Peace for Women: Sweden’s Sex Purchase Act 86 5 German Consensus for Sex Work, Compromise over Sex Business 106 6 Finland on the Fence: Abolitionist Compromise at the Edge of Europe 136 7 Seeing as a State: Transnational Problems through National Lenses 164 8 The Truly Trafficked Woman, and Other Globalization Anxieties 175 9 Methodological Afterword: Identity Work and the Interviewer 189 Notes 200 Bibliography 225 Index 241