Edited Collections and Monographs
Dr Gillian Wylie and Dr Eilis Ward have published an edited collection on neo-abolitionism and the state. This edited volume focuses on charting the rise of neo-abolitionism and offering a critique of the idea, its logics and consequences. A model of state policy which aims to abolish prostitution through legislation, Neo-abolitionism criminalises the buyer of sex but not the seller. It is currently law in Sweden and other Nordic states and dominates the framing of policy debates in many other Western liberal contexts. Pressure for adoption of this policy has come from radical feminists who understand prostitution and sex trafficking as a form of violence against women.
Dr Sharron FitzGerald and Dr Kathryn McGarry have published an edited collection on social justice for sex workers. The collection is a critical intervention in and a reorientation of the schism in feminist prostitution politics that offer a blueprint for realising an agenda for change for sex workers across the global.
Feminists have long differed in their view of prostitution. While some regard it as a classic form of exploitation and degradation, others offer a more sympathetic interpretation of women’s involvement in the sex industry. In this important new book, Maggie O’Neill seeks to explore the theoretical debates on prostitution and the relevance of these to the everyday lived experiences of women working on the streets. Based upon her own ethnographic research – defined as ethno-mimesis – the author seeks to undermine and demystify stereotypical images of prostitutes. She explores the narratives offered by prostitutes themselves, as well as other forms of their representation in film, art and photography, and shows how these various mediums may be used to shed light on the socio-economic processes and structures which lead women into prostitution. These personal accounts produce what O’Neill refers to as ‘a politics of feeling’, which, she argues, may be used to transform attitudes, policy and practice in relation to female prostitution. By relating these individual experiences to critical feminist theory, the book deepens our understanding of the phenomenon of prostitution in contemporary society. The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in gender studies, feminist theory and sociology.
Dr Paul Ryan has published his research in a book on make sex workers in Dublin, Ireland. It focuses on the stories of young Brazilian and Venezuelan migrants who use their micro-celebrity on social media to construct a brand that can be converted into financial advantage within the sex industry. The book in available in 2019 and is published by Palgrave Press.
Recent Peer Reviewed ISWRN Publications
Social Justice
Title | Author(s) | Date | Link |
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Realising Justice for Sex Workers An Agenda for Change | FitzGerald, S. & McGarry, K. | 2018 | View |
Sex Work and the Regulation of Vulnerability(ies): Introduction | FitzGerald, S. & Munro, V. | 2012 | View |
State Feminism and Radical Ideology
Title | Author(s) | Date | Link |
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Who Needs Evidence? Radical Feminism, the Christian Right and Sex Work Research in Northern Ireland | Ellison, G. | 2017 | View |
Conducting Sex Work Research in a Politically Contentious Climate: Lessons from Ireland | Ryan, P. & Huschke, S. | 2017 | View |
Ireland: The Rise of Neo-Abolitionism and the New Politics of Prostitution | Ryan, P. & Ward, E. | 2018 | View |
Feminism, Prostitution and the State: The Politics of Neo-Abolitionism | Ward, E. & Wylie, G. | 2017 | View |
The politics of injustice: Sex-working women, feminism and criminalizing sex purchase in Ireland | McGarry, K. & FitzGerald, S. | 2017 | View |
‘Reflexivities of discomfort’: Researching the sex trade and sex trafficking in Ireland | Ward, E. & Wylie, G. | 2014 | View |
Victims Without a Choice? A Critical View on the Debate About Sex Work in Northern Ireland | Huschke, S. | 2017 | View |
Commercial sex, clients, and Christian morals: Paying for sex in Ireland | Huschke, S. & Schubotz, D. | 2016 | View |
Sex Work Law and Policy Interventions
Title | Author(s) | Date | Link |
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Hate Crime Legislation and Violence Against Sex Workers in Ireland: Lessons in Policy and Practice | Ellison, G. & Smyth, L. | 2017 | View |
Problematizing Prostitution in Law and Policy in the Republic of Ireland A Case for Reframing | FitzGerald, S. & McGarry, K. | 2016 | View |
‘Ulster Says No’: Regulating the consumption of commercial sex spaces and services in Northern Ireland | Maginn, P. & Ellison, G. | 2016 | View |
Criminalizing the Payment for Sex in Northern Ireland: Sketching the Contours of a Moral Panic | Ellison, G. | 2017 | View |
Health
Title | Author(s) | Date | Link |
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Giving voice to women in the sex industry: A voice-centred relational model based qualitative study | Sweeney, L., Sixsmith, J. & Molcho, M. | 2019 | View |
What I Knew was What I Learnt on the Street! Irish Drug Using Sex Workers Accounts of How They Contracted HIV and Hepatitis C | Whitaker, T., Ryan, P. & Cox, G. | 2012 | View |
Stigmatization Among Drug-Using Sex Workers Accessing Support Services in Dublin | Whitaker, T., Ryan, P. & Cox, G. | 2011 | View |
A case for a health promotion framework: the psychosocial experiences of female, migrant sex workers in Ireland | Sweeney, L. & FitzGerald, S. | 2017 | View |
Male Sex Workers
Title | Author(s) | Date | Link |
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Male Sex Work in the Digital Age: Curated Lives. London: Palgrave | Ryan, P. | 2019 | |
#Follow: exploring the role of social media in the online construction of male sex worker lives in Dublin, Ireland | Ryan, P. | 2016 | View |
Drifters, Party Boys and Incumbents: The Life Patterns of Male Street-based Sex Workers | Ellison, G. | 2018 | View |
Human Trafficking
Title | Author(s) | Date | Link |
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Human Trafficking in Europe: Character, Causes and Consequences | Wylie, G. & McRedmond, P. | 2010 | View |
The International Politics of Human Trafficking | Wylie, G. | 2016 | View |
Stopping the Traffick? The problem of evidence and legislating for the ‘Swedish model’ in Northern Ireland | Huschke, S. & Ward, E. | 2017 | View |
Biopolitics and the regulation of vulnerability: the case of the female trafficked migrant | FitzGerald, S. | 2010 | View |
Vulnerable Bodies, Vulnerable Borders: Extraterritoriality and Human Trafficking | FitzGerald, S. | 2012 | View |
Vulnerable geographies: human trafficking, immigration and border control in the UK and beyond | FitzGerald, S. | 2016 | View |