Book chapter
Clinton, Bush, and Obama: Changing policy and rhetoric in the United States Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
Global human trafficking: Critical issues and contexts, pp.123-139
Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group
2015
Abstract
This chapter charts the political transitions in the anti-trafficking agenda and rhetoric of the U.S. Government across three Presidential administrations through a detailed examination of the annual Trafficking in Persons reports released by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons between 2001 and 2012. We argue that the transitions in language and focus reflect key tensions that have dominated trafficking discourse throughout the Clinton, Bush and Obama Presidencies. These fissures include debate over law enforcement versus rights-based frameworks, competing approaches on victim protection and identification, and ongoing disputes about the relationship between prostitution and human trafficking.
Details
- Title
- Clinton, Bush, and Obama: Changing policy and rhetoric in the United States Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
- Authors/Creators
- E. O'Brien (Author/Creator)M. Wilson (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- M. Dragiewicz (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Global human trafficking: Critical issues and contexts, pp.123-139
- Publisher
- Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 991005545251807891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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