Paved with Good Intentions?: Human Trafficking and the Anti-trafficking Movement in Singapore

Yea, Sallie

This book focuses on human trafficking and the anti-trafficking movement, particularly as it is expressed in Southeast Asia. The study is based on ethnographic research of the emerging anti-trafficking movement in Singapore, and in-depth interviews and observations with victims of human trafficking and others subject to labour exploitation in Singapore. Research in the book adds to the significant amount of work documenting human trafficking in Asia, by offering a critical academic perspective on the rise of the anti-trafficking movement. Readers will gain an understanding of how anti-trafficking operates as a new social movement and state practice, and how anti-trafficking often sits at odds with the experiences of trafficked and exploited persons themselves. 

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-11-18

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789811332388

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3239-5

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 247