Assessing Prostitution Policies in Europe

With each chapter dedicated to a separate country and written by a national authority on the subject, Assessing European Prostitution Policies explores how prostitution is regulated in twenty-one European countries. This innovative volume draws out important implications for an effective and humane prostitution policy.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Prostitution Policy in Europe: an Overview (Hendrik Wagenaar)
Western and Central Europe
2. United Kingdom (Phil Hubbard, Teela Sanders, Jane Scoular and Rosie Campbell)
3. Ireland (Paul Ryan and Eilís Ward)
4. The Netherlands (Sietske Altink, Ilse van Liempt, & Marjan Wijers)
5. Belgium (Marion David, Maarten Loopmans)
6. France (Marion David, Mathilde Darley, Véronique Guienne, Gwenaëlle Mainsant, Lilian Mathieu
7. Germany (Ina Hunecke)
8. Austria (Helga Amesberger, Luzenir Caixeta, Elisabeth Greif, Birgit Sauer)
9. Switzerland (Milena Chimienti, Géraldine Bugnon)
Nordic Countries
10. Denmark (Jeanet Bjønnes, Marlene Spanger)
11. Sweden (Petra Östergren)
12. Norway (Synnøve Jahnsen and May-Len Skilbrei)
13. Finland (Niina Vuolajärvi, Minna Viuhko, Johanna Kantola, Anne-Maria Marttila)
Former Eastern Europe
14. Croatia (Ivana Radacic)
15. Slovenia (Iztok Šori, Mojca Pajnik
16. Albania (Armela Xhaho, Alma Lleshi Tandilli)
17. Rumania (Alina Danet)
18. Czech Republic (Barbara Havelkova)
Southern Europe
19. Spain (Mariola Bernal Solano, Alina Danet, Joan Carles March Cerdà)
20. Portugal (Alexandra Oliveira)
21. Italy (Isabel Crowhurst, Patrizia Testaì, Cesare Di Feliciantonio, Giulia Garofalo-Geymonat)
22. Malta (Trevor Calafato)
23. Greece (Laura Maratou-Alipranti, Eleni Rethimiotaki)
European Policies
24. European Union (Joyce Outshoorn)
25. Sex Worker Organisations: International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (Luca Stevenson, Agata Dziuban)

About the author

Synnøve Økland Jahnsen is a postdoc at the Uni Research Rokkan Centre in Bergen, Norway.
Hendrik Wagenaar is Professor at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield, UK

Summary

With each chapter dedicated to a separate country and written by a national authority on the subject, Assessing European Prostitution Policies explores how prostitution is regulated in twenty-one European countries. This innovative volume draws out important implications for an effective and humane prostitution policy.

Product details

• Authors: Synnove Wagenaar Jahnsen, Synnve Wagenaar Jahnsen, Hendrik (Leiden University Wagenaar, Hendrik Jahnsen Wagenaar
• Assisted by: Synnove Jahnsen (Editor), Synnøve Jahnsen (Editor), Synnøve Økland Jahnsen (Editor), Hendrik Wagenaar (Editor), Wagenaar Hendrik (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138224919
• ISBN: 978-1-138-22491-9
• No. of pages: 430
• Series: Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale; Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, History, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Politics & government, Humanities, Migration, immigration & emigration, Feminism & feminist theory, Migration, immigration and emigration, Politics and government, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls