Sex-Work, Prostitution and Policy

A Feminist Discourse Analysis
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-74953-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy

The topic of sex-work/prostitution has long generated contentious debate, particularly within the broad church of feminism. This antagonism is reflected in UK policy debates, which are further complicated by their enactment in spaces of neoliberal hegemony. 
This book analyses the plurality of narratives which contribute to Westminster sex-work/prostitution policy debates and subsequently seeks to situate them within the social and political conditions of their production. Hewer illustrates that contemporary sex-work/prostitution debates are constituted through a complex entanglement of ideologically hybrid perspectives, which variously challenge and ingrain extant relations of power. Moreover, by drawing on a range of feminist and other critical social theories, Hewer offers a way to think differently about both sex-work/prostitution debates and sex-work/prostitution itself. 
The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students from across the social sciences with an interest in the language used to talk about sex-work and prostitution in policy debates.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hewer, Rebecca Mf

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: Vulnerability: Floating Signifiers & Transcending Polarities.- Chapter Three: Subjectivity, Responsibility and Choice.- Chapter Four: The Multiple Logics of Gender.- Chapter Five: The Language of Violence.- Chapter 6: Concluding Thoughts.

Über Autor(innen)

Rebecca MF Hewer is a Chancellor’s Fellow in Sociology in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research explores the socio-legal regulation of (women’s) bodies, policy, the politics of knowledge production, and discourse.