Carceral politics as gender justice? The "traffic in women" and neoliberal circuits of crime, sex, and rights

Theory and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-259

  Bernstein, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Human rights; Law; Politics; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860159096     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-012-9165-9     Document Type: Article

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