Fighting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

Over the last two decades fighting modern slavery and human trafficking has become a cause clbre. Yet large numbers of researchers non-governmental organizations trade unions workers and others who would seem like natural allies in the fight against modern slavery and trafficking are hugely skeptical of these movements. They object to how the problems are framed and are skeptical of the new abolitionist movement. Why? This book tackles key controversies surrounding the anti-slavery and anti-trafficking movements head on. Champions and skeptics explore the fissures and fault lines that surround efforts to fight modern slavery and human trafficking today. These include: whether efforts to fight modern slavery displace or crowd out support for labor and migrant rights; whether and to what extent efforts to fight modern slavery mask naturalize and distract from racial gendered and economic inequality; and whether contemporary anti-slavery and anti-trafficking crusaders'' use of history are accurate and appropriate.