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Informationen zum Autor Kevin Bales is Co-Founder of Free the Slaves! Washington DC! and Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the WIlberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull. He is the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery. Klappentext "This is a unique book in that the author is both an activist and a scholar. Bales provides original research, and new, up to date information. The book is an important contribution in a field that can be either dry, or sensationalized. Bales avoids this with clear writing and organization, enlivened with examples drawn from life. The book lays out clearly the extent of the problem, and the scholarship is impeccable."—Suzanne Miers, author of Slavery in the Twentieth Century "Kevin Bales is the world's leading analyst of modern-day slavery. The book provides a fascinating and powerful narrative about this troubling topic, and is extremely well-written and accessible."—Thomas Cushman, Editor-In-Chief of The Journal of Human Rights Zusammenfassung Examines slavery's historical roots to illuminate today's puzzles. The author explores our basic ideas about what slavery is and how the phenomenon fits into our moral, political, and economic worlds. He asks how we can study and measure this mostly hidden crime. Throughout, he emphasizes that to end global slavery, we must first understand it. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Understanding Slavery Today Chapter 2. Slavery and the Human Right to Evil Chapter 3. No One Shall Be Held in Slavery or Servitude: A Critical Analysis of International Slavery Agreements Chapter 4. Slavery and the Emergence of Non-governmental Organizations Chapter 5. The Challenge of Measuring Slavery Chapter 6. Globalization and Redemption Chapter 7. Human Trafficking: A Worldwide Concern Chapter 8. Understanding the Demand behind Human Trafficking Coda: Three Steps to Stopping Slavery (And Four Things You Can Do Right Away) Appendix 1. Slavery Research Questions Used in Case Studies Appendix 2. Rankings of Countries on Ordinal Scales for Slavery and Trafficking Notes Index ...
