Modern Slavery in Global Context

Elizabeth A. Faulkner is Lecturer in Law at Keele University.

Foreword: Against ‘Newness’ - Joel Quirk





1 Introduction: The Interdisciplinary Kaleidoscope and Creation of Modern Slavery in Global Context - Elizabeth A. Faulkner


Introduction


Modern slavery in global context: overview


Modern slavery: rage against the machine


About the edited collection: the organizing logic


Conclusion: shifting the kaleidoscope





PART I Theoretical Perspectives





2 From Social to Legal: Shifting Approaches to Trafficking at the Turn of 20th-Century England - Laura Lammasniemi


Introduction


Section I: the shifting legal and social landscape of the mid-19th century


Section II: towards legal framework on anti- trafficking


Conclusion





3 The Coloniality of Modern Slavery in Latin America - Chris O’Connell


Introduction


Methodology: conducting fieldwork in Bolivia and Peru


Problematizing approaches to modern slavery


Coloniality of power and modern slavery


Decolonization and modern slavery in Bolivia


Conclusion





4 Constructing ‘Indigenous People’ Reproducing Coloniality’s Epistemic Violence: A Content Analysis of the Trafficking in Persons Reports - Avi Boukli, Georgios Papanicolaou and Eleni Dimou


Introduction


Coloniality and epistemic violence


Coloniality and human trafficking


Data and methods


Coloniality of knowledge in the TIPRs: constructing the ‘Indigenous victim’ of human trafficking


Conclusion





PART II Structural Issues in Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Practice





5 The Ethics of Research into Human Trafficking Beyond ‘Do No Harm’: Developing a ‘Living’ Ethical Protocol - Patricia Hynes and Mike Dottridge


Introduction


Conceptual approaches: capturing the transnational and contextual nature of trafficking


Conclusion





6 Governing through Indicators: Structural Biases and Empirical Challenges in Indicator-Based Approaches to Anti-Trafficking Policy, Practice, and Research - Ieke de Vries and Ella Cockbain


Introduction


The aetiology of problem, risk, and performance indicators


Indicators as the vocabulary of victimization within human trafficking discourse


Empirical challenges in developing human trafficking indicators


Problem frames and empirical challenges in the use of risk factors: the case of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children in the US


Implications for policy, interventions, and further research


Conclusion





7 The Criminal Investigation of Human Trafficking Crimes in the UK: Benefits and Challenges of Police Collaboration During Police Investigations - Laura Pajón


Introduction


Human trafficking: a complex crime


The benefits and challenges of police collaboration in human trafficking investigations


The practice of police collaboration to investigate human trafficking crimes


Conclusion





PART III Case Studies





8 Brexit-Precipitated or Free Movement-Facilitated? Labour Exploitation of EU Migrants in the UK - Samantha Currie


Introduction


Brexit: a facilitator of labour exploitation


Free movement as a facilitator of labour exploitation


The aggravating impact of restrictive immigration policy


Conclusion





9 The Modern Slavery Agenda in the UK: Labour Market Enforcement Perspectives on Law and Policy - Amy Weatherburn


Introduction


Tackling labour market non- compliance: law and policy responses


The paradox of a labour market enforcement perspective: the ‘hostile environment’ trumps labour market security


Conclusion





10 Insights from Uganda: Wartime Sexual Violence,


Knowledge Production, and Power - Allen Kiconco


Introduction


‘The field’: power and feminist methodology


Navigating risk, access, and collaboration


“I cannot tell you everything”: navigating ethics and in-depth interviews


Conclusion





11 Beyond Victim-Centric Research: Participatory Action Research in a Trafficking ‘Hotspot’ of Nepal - Ayushman Bhagat


Introduction: reimagining the political epistemology of victim-centric anti- trafficking research


Methodology, knowledge production, and unravelling power dynamics


Conclusion





12 Saviours or Disrupters? The Role of Non-State Actors in the Government-Centric Realm of Anti-Trafficking in Belize - Cherisse Francis


Introduction


The rise of NSAs


Belize: the good, the bad, and the ugly


Conclusion