Governing sex work: an agonistic policy community and its relational dynamics. Johnson, G. F. Critical Policy Studies, 0(0):1--19, 2015. ![Governing sex work: an agonistic policy community and its relational dynamics [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Relatively few policy scholars have analyzed prostitution laws and the governance of sex work. This is unfortunate because the policy area is associated with societal problems, and the systematic study of public policy was initially conceived to address such problems. Moreover, this dearth is problematic for reasons related to how we conceptualize policy processes, actors involved in them, relationships among them, power structures characterizing them and ultimately the significance of policy. Developments in prostitution laws in Canada, through constitutional challenges to criminal provisions and local practices of implementation, suggest the analytical usefulness of the policy community heuristic in capturing important relational dynamics. With a focus on relationships and not merely structural and strategic linkages, it can capture nuances concerning changing dynamics and their implications for policy. Conceptually, this study suggests that agonistic relations emerge within policy communities that may be deeply divided when members experience catalyst events of which the public is aware, cannot easily refute the evidence and converge on a response framework. This study highlights policy developments that in significant ways have been driven by sex workers in Vancouver, BC.
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abstract = {Relatively few policy scholars have analyzed prostitution laws and the governance of sex work. This is unfortunate because the policy area is associated with societal problems, and the systematic study of public policy was initially conceived to address such problems. Moreover, this dearth is problematic for reasons related to how we conceptualize policy processes, actors involved in them, relationships among them, power structures characterizing them and ultimately the significance of policy. Developments in prostitution laws in Canada, through constitutional challenges to criminal provisions and local practices of implementation, suggest the analytical usefulness of the policy community heuristic in capturing important relational dynamics. With a focus on relationships and not merely structural and strategic linkages, it can capture nuances concerning changing dynamics and their implications for policy. Conceptually, this study suggests that agonistic relations emerge within policy communities that may be deeply divided when members experience catalyst events of which the public is aware, cannot easily refute the evidence and converge on a response framework. This study highlights policy developments that in significant ways have been driven by sex workers in Vancouver, BC.},
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