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Post-War Prostitution

Human Trafficking and Peacekeeping in Kosovo

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Authors:
  1. Roos de Wildt

    1. Verwey-Jonker Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  • Provides empirical accounts that challenge the popular narratives of those engaged in post-war prostitution.
  • Demonstrates the evolution of prostitution in post-war societies and the complex ways in which prostitution and peacekeeping missions intersect.
  • Recommends measures to reduce and combat cases of exploitation in post-war countries and during peacekeeping missions.

Part of the book series: Studies of Organized Crime (SOOC, volume 17)

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Amidst ongoing allegations of inappropriate behavior and trafficking during UN peacekeeping missions, this volume takes a step back to analyze the post-war and peacekeeping contexts in which prostitution flourishes.

Using ethnographic research conducted in Kosovo from 2011 to 2015, this book offers an alternate understanding of the growth of the sex industry in the wake of war. It features in-depth interviews with the diverse women engaged in prostitution, with those facilitating it, and with police, prosecutors, and gynecologists.  Drawing on the perspectives of women engaged in prostitution in the wake of war, this volume argues that the depiction of these women as victims of trafficking in the hegemonic discourse does more harm than good.  Instead, it outlines the complex set of circumstances and choices that emerge in the context of a growing post-war sex economy.

Extrapolating the conclusions from the study of Kosovo, this book is a valuable resources forresearchers and practitioners studying the aftermath of war in the Balkans and beyond, and researchers engaged with the function of the UN and peacekeeping missions internationally.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Roos de Wildt
    Pages 1-16

  3. Theorizing Prostitution

    • Roos de Wildt
    Pages 17-34

  4. The Kosovo War and Its Aftermath

    • Roos de Wildt
    Pages 36-68

  5. Clientele of the Post-War Prostitution Business

    • Roos de Wildt
    Pages 69-102

  6. Foreign Women Engaged in Prostitution: Rethinking the Singular Image of Victims of Trafficking

    • Roos de Wildt
    Pages 103-152

  7. Kosovar Women Engaged in Prostitution: (The Consequences of) Being Defined as a Voluntary Prostitute

    • Roos de Wildt
    Pages 153-194

  8. Conclusion

    • Roos de Wildt
    Pages 195-202

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 203-218
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Verwey-Jonker Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Roos de Wildt

About the author

Roos de Wildt conducted her PhD research in Cultural and Global Criminology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands and the University of Hamburg, Germany. After obtaining her Master of Science in Cultural Anthropology Roos worked as an international project manager at NGOs between 2007 and 2011, during which she was mainly responsible for the implementation of projects in Central and Eastern Europe. She is co-editor of Ethical Concerns in Research on Human Trafficking, alongside Dina Siegal.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Post-War Prostitution

  • Book Subtitle: Human Trafficking and Peacekeeping in Kosovo

  • Authors: Roos de Wildt

  • Series Title: Studies of Organized Crime

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19474-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19473-4Published: 24 August 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19476-5Published: 25 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19474-1Published: 12 August 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1571-5493

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 218

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Trafficking, Organized Crime, Human Rights and Crime

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