Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade

This book demonstrates the importance of the global sex industry to the field of international politics, exploring the development of the industry and its wider social implications.In recent decades, prostitution has moved from a local concern connected with criminal networks to an industrialized and globalized phenomenon. Sheila Jeffreys, international expert on gender, sexuality and queer studies, identifies the forces involved in creating this global industry such as the normalization of prostitution through the sexual revolution, the legalization of brothel prostitution, new technologies, military prostitution and sex tourism. The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade analyzes the ways in which the global sex industry is integrated into the international political economy, estimating the worth of the industry and the way in which it has been mainstreamed and become adopted by major corporations as part of their business. It brings together apparently disparate aspects of the global sex industry such as the mail order bride industry, child prostitution, trafficking, pornography, showing how they rely upon and relate to each other.Jeffreys is the author of 'Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade' with ISBN 9780415412339 and ISBN 0415412331.