ECPR

Install the app

Install this application on your home screen for quick and easy access when you’re on the go.

Just tap Share then “Add to Home Screen”

ECPR

Install the app

Install this application on your home screen for quick and easy access when you’re on the go.

Just tap Share then “Add to Home Screen”

The Governance of Prostitution by Responsibilization

European Union
Gender
Governance
Human Rights
Regulation
Comparative Perspective
P092
Nicolle Zeegers
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Joyce Outshoorn
Departments of Political Science and Public Administration, Universiteit Leiden
European Union

Building: Anthropole, Floor: 5, Room: 5081

Saturday 12:45 - 14:30 CEST (10/06/2017)

Abstract

The question of how to govern prostitution in the EU in accordance with gender equality and women’s (human) rights is a polarized and widely debated issue; whereas some member countries swear by their ‘criminalization of the client regime’, others claim that ‘legalization of selling and buying sex’ works best. In this panel the focus will be on the description and explanation of strategies of responsibilization that are used by some countries to get a firmer grip on human trafficking, the organization of ‘voluntary’ sex work and the fight against forced prostitution without criminalizing buying and selling sex as such. The diversity of actors addressed (brothel owners, clients of prostitution, sex workers and/ or their organizations) and instruments used (administrative or criminal liabilities; voluntary engagement) will be shown and the possible (gender) effects of such strategies will be discussed.

Title Details
The Institutionalization of a New Prostitution Regime: Theoretical and Methodological Insights from an Ideational Perspective on a Transformative Feminist Change View Paper Details
Responsible Prostitution and Gender View Paper Details
Responsibilization by Criminal and Social Liability: New Governance Modes in European Prostitution Policy View Paper Details
The Responsibilization of Market Actors in Legalized Local Prostitution in the Netherlands View Paper Details