Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction: prostitution, women's movements and democratic politics Joyce Outshoorn; 2. The women's movement and prostitution politics in Australia Barbara Sullivan; 3. Taxes, rights and regimentation: discourses on prostitution in Austria Birgit Sauer; 4. Prostitution policies in Britain, 1982–2002 Johanna Kantola and Judith Squires; 5. Prostitution as public nuisance: prostitution policy in Canada Leslie Ann Jeffrey; 6. Towards a new prohibitionism? State feminism, women's movements and prostitution policies in Finland Anne Maria Holli; 7. Prostitute movements face elite apathy and gender-biased universalism in France Amy G. Mazur; 8. The politics of prostitution and trafficking of women in Israel Delila Amir and Menachem Amir; 9. Italy: the never-ending debate Daniela Danna; 10. Voluntary and forced prostitution: the 'realistic approach' of the Netherlands Joyce Outshoorn; 11. State feminism and central state debates on prostitution in post-authoritarian Spain Celia Valiente; 12. Criminalising the john - a Swedish gender model Yvonne Svanström; 13. The invisible issue: prostitution and trafficking of women and girls in the United States Dorothy McBride Stetson; 14. Comparative prostitution politics and the case for state feminism Joyce Outshoorn; Appendix 1. Independent variable indicators; Appendix 2. Worksheets; References; Index.