Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research

The Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research unites 45 contributions from researchers, sex workers, activists, and practitioners who live and work in 28 countries throughout the world.
Focusing tightly on the contemporary state of sex industry research through eight carefully selected themes, this volume sets a clear agenda for future research, activism, and policymaking. Approaching the topic from a multidisciplinary perspective on an expanding field frequently divided by political and ideological conflicts, the handbook clearly establishes the parameters of the field while also showcasing the most vibrant contemporary empirical and theoretical work.
Unprecedented in its global scope, the Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research will appeal to students, researchers, and policy makers interested in fields such as sociology of gender and sexuality; crime, justice, and the sex industry; sociology of work and professions; and sexual politics.

Susan Dewey is Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wyoming, USA. Isabel Crowhurst is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Essex, UK. Chimaraoke Izugbara is Director of Global Health, Youth and Development research at the International Center for Research on Women, USA.

1. Introduction 2. Sex industry research: key theories, methods, and challenges Part 1: The research enterprise 3. The research enterprise: an introduction 4. Selective vision: how disciplinary frames, funding streams, and social policy shape research on sex work 5. Redesigning the study of sex work: a case for intersectionality and reflexivity 6. First-person singular(s): teasing out multiple meanings in sex work autobiographies 7. "Sisters of the night": ethical and practical challenges in researching prostitution among minors in Ghana 8. An action research project with sex worker peer educators in Lisbon, Portugal: collaboration as a key issue for empowerment 9. Researchers and gatekeepers in participatory action research in Japan's sex industry Part 2: Socio-legal practices 10. Socio-legal practices: an introduction 11. Understanding prostitution policy: the challenges to regulating prostitution and how to harness them 12. Red-light districts in three Belgian cities 13. Sex worker rights activism and the decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand 14. Sex work and the socio-legal space in Nigeria: an update 15. "Bridge over troubled water": what sex workers face while embarking on new paths and what helps them leave prostitution in Germany16. Exploring resilience among female sex workers in Johannesburg Part 3: Global knowledge flows 17. Global knowledge flows: an introduction 18. Globally circulating discourses on the sex industry: a focus on three world regions 19. Sex trafficking as desaparición [disappearance]: vernacularised human rights discourses in the Argentine anti-trafficking campaign 20 Beyond dichotomies: exploring responses to tackling the sex industry in Nepal ...part contents/