Prostitution Policy in the Nordic Region
Regular price
€65.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Charlotta Holmstrom
A01=May-Len Skilbrei
agendas
Author_Charlotta Holmstrom
Author_May-Len Skilbrei
Category=JBF
Category=JBFV
Category=JBFW
Category=JBSF
Category=JKV
CEDAW
countries
criminal
Danish Penal Code
EEA Country
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Exit Prostitution
Human Development Index
Indoor Prostitution
justice
markets
Men's Prostitution
Men’s Prostitution
National Criminal Investigation Department
NGO Literature
Nordic Countries
Nordic Welfare State Model
policies
Pro Centre
Prostitution Market
Prostitution Policies
Prostitution Units
Selling Sex
sex
Sex Purchase Act
Sexual Services
SIO
social
Social Democratic Welfare Regime
Social Work Agendas
Street Prostitution
Swedish National Council
UK Development
Vice Versa
welfare
work
Product details
- ISBN 9781138269842
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Oct 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
There is great interest internationally in the development of prostitution policies in the Nordic countries after Sweden, Norway and Iceland have introduced general bans against buying sex whilst selling sex remains legal. In addition, there is a partial ban against buying sex in Finland. This is a different approach from that of several other European countries, where we have seen a decriminalisation of third-party involvement in prostitution as well as to that of the USA which criminalises both the buying and selling of sexual services. Thus the Nordic countries are often treated as representatives of a 'Nordic model' of prostitution policies. In this book - the first on the subject - Skilbrei and Holmström argue that these models of policies or policy regimes tend to ignore the trajectories, contexts and consequences of the full range of approaches to prostitution, thus they are too simplistic and static. Prostitution policies in the Nordic countries are multifaceted and dynamic, and cannot be represented as following a straight path and detached from empirical contexts. Their analysis treats Nordic prostitution policies both as a product of history, of current national and Nordic debates, and of international obligations and changes in the international and national prostitution markets. Furthermore they argue that a broad understanding of the relevant context is necessary so as to place Nordic prostitution policies within broader policy concerns related to gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality, social welfare, immigration and organised crime, as well as to neoliberal forms of governance.
May-Len Skilbrei, Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway and Charlotta Holmström, Malmö University, Sweden.
