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“…While all forms of collaboration generate organizational and managerial problems, previous research has described both networks and hybrid models consisting of private actors and public authorities as promising organizational structures for addressing "wicked" social problems, not the least of these being trafficking and prostitution (Foot 2015;Lagon 2015;Wagenaar et al 2017;Jones and Lutze 2016). This research has also discussed the challenges associated with group dynamics and conflicts of interests that affect collaborative anti-trafficking efforts (Foot 2015).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Collaborations and partnerships that involve a variety of actors from different sectors have come to be regarded during the last decade as promising means to combat trafficking and support the victims of trafficking (Foot 2015;Lagon 2015;Wagenaar et al 2017;Jones and Lutze 2016). The Swedish Civil Society Platform against Human Trafficking has recently emerged as an example in this regard of successful collaboration among civil society actors.…”
The use of collaborations and partnerships that engage a variety of actors from both the public and private spheres has drawn attention during the last decade as a promising strategy for combatting trafficking and improving assistance to victims of trafficking. This article investigates the Swedish Civil Society Platform against Human Trafficking as an example of successful collaboration between civil society actors. The aim is to explore how the platform as a distinct organizational form is capable of dealing productively with some of the challenges facing internal and external collaboration. We utilize interviews with key actors and a study of policy documents as we argue that the modularity and flexibility of the platform organizational form are key factors in its success. While it is a robust type of organization that may be regarded as a trustworthy partner, it also permits its member organizations to continue functioning as independent entities.
“…While all forms of collaboration generate organizational and managerial problems, previous research has described both networks and hybrid models consisting of private actors and public authorities as promising organizational structures for addressing "wicked" social problems, not the least of these being trafficking and prostitution (Foot 2015;Lagon 2015;Wagenaar et al 2017;Jones and Lutze 2016). This research has also discussed the challenges associated with group dynamics and conflicts of interests that affect collaborative anti-trafficking efforts (Foot 2015).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Collaborations and partnerships that involve a variety of actors from different sectors have come to be regarded during the last decade as promising means to combat trafficking and support the victims of trafficking (Foot 2015;Lagon 2015;Wagenaar et al 2017;Jones and Lutze 2016). The Swedish Civil Society Platform against Human Trafficking has recently emerged as an example in this regard of successful collaboration among civil society actors.…”
The use of collaborations and partnerships that engage a variety of actors from both the public and private spheres has drawn attention during the last decade as a promising strategy for combatting trafficking and improving assistance to victims of trafficking. This article investigates the Swedish Civil Society Platform against Human Trafficking as an example of successful collaboration between civil society actors. The aim is to explore how the platform as a distinct organizational form is capable of dealing productively with some of the challenges facing internal and external collaboration. We utilize interviews with key actors and a study of policy documents as we argue that the modularity and flexibility of the platform organizational form are key factors in its success. While it is a robust type of organization that may be regarded as a trustworthy partner, it also permits its member organizations to continue functioning as independent entities.
“…Although a small number of studies have addressed encounters with the police and social agencies (Hulusjö 2013; Levy 2014) and the motives of public actors involved to combat sex trafficking (Heber 2018), little interest in the organization and implementation of efforts made by Swedish authorities to control prostitution has been shown. On the European level, however, increased attention has recently been directed to the utilization of governance in the implementation of policies to regulate prostitution (Wagenaar et al 2017; Jahnsen & Wagenaar 2018). Studying the implementation of national policy is of the utmost importance to gain an understanding of actual policy in practice.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studying the implementation of national policy is of the utmost importance to gain an understanding of actual policy in practice. As Wagenaar et al argue, “without a detailed exposition and analysis of the design and implementation of prostitution policy at different scales of governance, statements about its nature or outcomes remain necessarily superficial and are at worst misleading” (2017, p. 258).They further maintain that collaborative governance involving stakeholders comprises a particularly promising strategy for overcoming challenges in the field of prostitution policy (Wagenaar et al 2017, pp. 235–250).…”
Sweden is well-known as the first country in the world to adopt client criminalization in the effort to control and eventually eliminate prostitution. Less known and discussed is the emergence of extensive collaborative governance arrangements that serve as complements to the legal framework. The aim of this article is to provide new knowledge as it investigates the multifaceted ways in which governance arrangements have developed in Sweden, employing collaborative governance theories and the Regulatory-Intermediaries-Target (RIT) model for this purpose. Also explored are the strategies of responsibilization directed towards target groups that have been utilized in implementing policies to control prostitution and trafficking. The article analyzes not only the rationale behind the adoption of collaborative governance in Sweden, but also the complex governance practices, in which a range of actors are involved in policy making and application as well as regulation, that have emerged in this regard. We conclude that the previous understanding of the Swedish model needs to be revised, and that although collaborative governance has made a fruitful contribution to the field in question, it also introduces new types of problems, particularly a significant increase in informality and decision-making outside the legal framework, primarily by civil society actors.
“…It was only in 1997 that Parliament rectified some, but not all, of these restrictions (see also Wagenaar, Amesberger & Altink, 2017). In the Netherlands, since the ban on brothels was lifted in 2000, "there has been major confusion about working relationships in brothels and tax rules" (Pitcher & Weijers, 2014, p. 6).…”
This article explores the understudied and undertheorized role that fiscal policies play in shaping the relationship between the state and sex workers. It highlights the importance of looking at tax policy and its implementation to understand how inequality is reinforced against sexually marginalized populations. Drawing on the Italian case, it explores the ways in which ambiguous taxation arrangements operate to penalize sex workers, excluding them from the status of full taxpayer citizenship, and demonizing them as individuals who exploit the fiscal system at the expense of 'good' tax-paying citizens. Fiscal policies, I argue, need to be considered in the context of the governance of prostitution as social mechanisms that have the potential to contribute to the sexual and economic citizenship of this marginalized population, but which, when unequal and ambiguous, reinforce the social and political liminality of sex workers as lesser citizens, and add to the stigma, damaging stereotypes and violence already waged against them. The complex ways in which inequality against sex workers is maintained is revealed as a dynamic process that reflects the ever-shifting interplay of economics and morality.
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