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The Political Economy of New Slavery

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Christien Anker

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Combating Contemporary Slavery

    1. Introduction: Combating Contemporary Slavery

      • Christien van den Anker
      Pages 1-12

  3. Causes and Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Contemporary Slavery, Global Justice and Globalization

      • Christien van den Anker
      Pages 15-36

    3. Migration and Security: The Wrong End of the Stick?

      • Jeroen Doomernik
      Pages 37-52

  4. Cases and Recommendations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Trafficking and International Law

      • David Ould
      Pages 55-74

    3. The Belgian Counter-trafficking Policy

      • Arne Dormaels, Bruno Moens, Nele Praet
      Pages 75-90

    4. Responses to Sexual Slavery: From the Balkans to Afghanistan

      • Victoria Firmo-Fontan
      Pages 91-106

    5. Migrant Domestic Workers and Slavery

      • Bridget Anderson
      Pages 107-117

    6. Bonded Labour in South Asia: India, Nepal and Pakistan

      • Krishna Upadhyaya
      Pages 118-136

    7. Child Labour in Latin America: Issues and Policies in Honduras

      • Rachel Nizan
      Pages 137-157

    8. Child Labour, Education and Child Rights Among Cocoa Producers in Ghana

      • Amanda Berlan
      Pages 158-178

  5. Strategies and Frameworks for Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. The Global Framework for Development: Instrumentality or Contested Ethical Space?

      • Nigel Dower
      Pages 181-200

    3. Strategies for Change: The Tobin Tax

      • Emma Dowling
      Pages 201-216

    4. Modern Slavery and Fair Trade Products: Buy One and Set Someone Free

      • Ivan Manokha
      Pages 217-234

    5. Slavery as Piracy: The Legal Case for Reparations for the Slave Trade

      • Geraldine Van Bueren
      Pages 235-247

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 248-272
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About this book

This unique volume combines chapters containing a multidisciplinary academic analysis of the causes of the continued existence of contemporary forms of slavery, such as globalization, poverty and migration with empirical chapters on trafficking, domestic migrant workers, bonded labour and child labour in Asia, Latin America and Africa. It provides relevant policy recommendations, such as respect for victims' rights and assesses longer term strategies for change, including Fair Trade, reparations for slavery in the past, the Tobin tax and Development ethics.

Reviews

'Christien van den Anker unearths copious examples of appalling mistreatment of the vulnerable by the unscrupulous on a daily basis...there is no doubting her sincerity about raising awareness of what is going on in poorer parts of the world.' - The Guardian

'The collection is a valuable resource for students, academics, NGO workers, or anyone who wishes to gain good overall knowledge of the global human trafficking situation and forms of slaveryThe Political Economy of New Slavery is a worthy book that deserves to be read to educate the public about global slavery more effectively. ' - Perspectives

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Christien Anker

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BRIDGET ANDERSON Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK AMANDA BERLAN Research Student, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK ARNE DORMAELS Academic Assistant in Criminal Law and Researcher at the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy, University of Gent JEROEN DOOMERNIK Lecturer in Political Science and Programme Manager at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam NIGEL DOWER Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Aberdeen EMMA DOWLING is currently studying for an MSc at the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK VICTORIA FIRMO-FONTAN PhD Candidate in the Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland IVAN MANOKHA PhD student at the University of Sussex, UK BRUNO MOENS Executive Director at Payoke, Antwerp, Belgium RACHEL NIZAN spent a year working with street children in Honduras, doing both social work and research. Her main interests include children's rights, human rights, development and trade DAVID OULD Deputy Director of Anti-Slavery International NELE PRAET Case Manager at Payoke, Antwerp, Belgium. KRISHNA UPADHYAYA Bonded Labour Programme Officer at Anti-Slavery International in London GERALDINE VAN BUEREN Professor of International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary, University of London, UK

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