title: The Politics of Prostitution: Women's Movements, Democratic States and the Globalisation of Sex Commerce
author: Joyce Outshoorn
description: This book shows how women's movements in Western Europe, North America and Australia have affected politics on prostitution and trafficking of women since the 1970s, asking what made them successful in some countries but a failure in others. Written by an international team of experts and based on original sources, all chapters follow the same framework to ensure comparability. The final chapter offers an overall comparison identifying what makes women's movements successful and women's agencies effective, presenting the case for 'state feminism'.
zlib_text: A groundbreaking collection of essays on the sex industry, Sex for Sale contains
  original studies on sex work, its risks and benefits, and its political impli-
  cations. The book covers areas not commonly researched, including gay and
  lesbian pornography, telephone sex workers, customers of prostitutes, male
  and female escorts who work independently, street prostitution, sex tourism,
  legal prostitution, and strip clubs that cater to women. The book also tracks
  various trends during the past decade, including the “mainstreaming” and
  growing acceptance of some types of sexual commerce and the growing
  criminalization of other types, such as sex trafficking. Sex for Sale offers a
  window into the lived experiences of sex workers as well as an analysis of the
  larger gender arrangements and political structures that shape the experiences
  of workers and their clients. The book greatly contributes to a growing
  research literature that documents the rich variation, nuances, and com-
  plexities in 