Prostitution: An International Handbook on Trends, Problems, and Policies (Series in Clinical and Community) - Hardcover

 
9780313257544: Prostitution: An International Handbook on Trends, Problems, and Policies (Series in Clinical and Community)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 031325754X ISBN 13: 9780313257544
Verlag: Greenwood, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Scholars from around the world have contributed to the first major reference book to be published on female prostitution as an international phenomenon. Experts survey and analyze the historical background, current problems and policies, and future possible directions in 16 representative countries. The volume belongs in college, university, and institutional libraries and collections dealing with social problems, women's studies, international relations, and world history.

The volume opens with a lengthy introduction by the editor, Nanette Davis, defining the situation in general, pointing to current trends and future concerns. Country chapters, primarily by native writers, include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England and Wales, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam, and the former Yugoslavia. Each chapter provides references, and the index makes the volume easily accessible to researchers in various disciplines.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

NANETTE J. DAVIS is a Professor of Sociology at Portland State University, Oregon. She is the author or co-author of Social Control of Deviance: A Critical Perspective (1990), From Crime to Choice: The Transformation of Abortion in America (Greenwood, 1985), Social Control: The Production of Deviance in the Modern State (1983), and Sociological Constructions of Deviance: Perspectives and Issues in the Field (1980) among others. She specializes in deviance and social control and is associate editor of two international journals. Dr. Davis recently returned from conducting field research in Australia as a Fulbright Exchange Scholar.

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Verlag
Greenwood
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
031325754X
ISBN 13 
9780313257544
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
420
Herausgeber
Davis Nanette J.
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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