Feminism, prostitution and the state: the politics of neo-abolitionism

Introduction: Introducing Neo-abolitionism: Definition, Drivers and Debates

[Eilís Ward and Gillian Wylie]

Chapter 1: Neo-abolitionism and transnational advocacy networks: globalizing an idea

[Gillian Wylie]

Chapter 2: From Contested to Consensus: Swedish Politics on Prostitution and Trafficking

[Yvonne Swanström]

Chapter 3: The Netherlands: Analyzing shifts and continuities in the governing of sexual labour

[Silke Heumann, Sara Vida Coumans, Tamar Shiboleth & Marieke Ridder]

Chapter 4: Strange Confluences: Radical feminism and evangelical Christianity as drivers of US neo-abolitionism

[Crystal A. Jackson, Jennifer J. Reed and Barbara G. Brents]

Chapter 5: The Irish Parliament and Prostitution Law Reform: A Neo-Abolitionism Shoe-in?

[Eilís Ward]

Chapter 6: Almost Abolitionism: The Peculiarities of Prostitution Policy in England and Wales

[Anna Carline and Jane Scoular]

Chapter 7: Against the Trend: Resistance to Neo-abolitionism in Australian Anti-trafficking Policy Debates

[Erin O’Brien]

Chapter 8: In search of a fair and free society: the regulation of sex work in New Zealand

[Gillian Abel]

Conclusion: Carceral feminism, the state and the sex worker in a globalised era. Whose Power?

[Eilís Ward and Gillian Wylie]