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The Politics of Human Trafficking

Document number
1997
Date
2008
Title
The Politics of Human Trafficking
Author/publisher
St. Antony's International Review (STAIR), Volume 4, Number 1, April 2008
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Neil Howard, Mumtaz Lalani, Rebecca Surtees, Patrizia Testai, Heidi Stoeckl and Gernot Klantschnig, Marco Gramegna, Meng-Hsuan Chou, Caroline Ausserer, Mary Buckley
Summary

By way of an introduction to this issue on ‘The Politics  of HumanTrafficking,’ therefore, we shall detail some of the major critiques of the anti-trafficking paradigm and situate the articles featured here by Rebecca Surtees, Patrizia Testai, Marco Gramegna, Meng-Hsuan Chou, Caroline Ausserer, and Mary Buckley squarely within the growing body of literature seeking to challenge that paradigm. At the root of many of these critiques are the feminist and critical theory positions which see policy responses as conditioned by the operation of a trafficking discourse that is both narrow and restrictive. In highlighting how this discourse operates, then, this issue of the St Antony’s International Review is part of a wider attempt to broaden its scope. In order to purchase this publication, please click here.

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