The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform
Governing Loose Women
Authors: Mattson, Greggor
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Greggor Mattson is Associate Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College, USA.
- Reviews
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“This work will likely be read by scholars interested in prostitution specifically and sexuality more broadly, where Mattson succeeds best is in taking a specific social problem and showing how it encapsulates cultural dynamics of an institutional nature. … Mattson’s use of key informant interviews provides a specific and substantial contribution to our understanding of how social problems are articulated ‘in the trenches’ by activists and bureaucrats.” (Bayliss J. Camp, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 122 (4), January, 2017)
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Governing Loose Women: The New Politics of Prostitution
Pages 1-25
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States of Anxiety: Prostitution Reform as a Symptom of European Integration
Pages 27-50
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Dutch Pragmatism and the Difficulties of Professionalizing Prostitution
Pages 51-76
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Legislating Peace for Women: Sweden’s Sex Purchase Act
Pages 77-96
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German Consensus for Sex Work, Compromise over Sex Business
Pages 97-126
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform
- Book Subtitle
- Governing Loose Women
- Authors
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- Greggor Mattson
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-51717-3
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137517173
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-51716-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-57477-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 247
- Topics
