The modern slavery agenda: Policy, Politics and Practice

by Gary Craig (Editor), Gary Craig (Editor)

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2019
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Modern slavery is growing despite the introduction of laws to try to stem it. This hugely topical book, by a team of high-profile activists and expert writers, is the first critically to assess the legislation, using evidence from across the field, and to offer strategies for improvement in policy and practice. It argues that the Modern Slavery Act is inadequate and punitive; and that the UK government is actually creating the conditions for slavery to be promoted.

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Modern slavery is growing despite the introduction of laws to try to stem it. This hugely topical book, by a team of high-profile activists and expert writers, is the first critically to assess the legislation, using evidence from across the field, and to offer strategies for improvement in policy and practice. It argues that the Modern Slavery Act is inadequate and punitive; and that the UK government is actually creating the conditions for slavery to be promoted.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 280
Edition: 1
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 17 Jan 2019
ISBN 10: 1447346807
ISBN 13: 9781447346807

Media Reviews

Combining diverse commentators dealing with 'modern slavery', this book provides a sweeping criticism of the UK response. Several years after the Modern Slavery Act was enacted, it's a timely call for improvement. Sasha Jesperson, Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery, St. Mary's University

Author Bio

Gary Craig is a Visiting Professor at the Law School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and at the University of York. He previously worked as a community development activist. He has researched and published widely in the fields of `poverty, `race' and ethnicity and modern slavery; He co-convenes the national network Modern Slavery Research Consortium. Alex Balch is Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool. He is also Associate Head of School for Research and Impact and Co-Director, the Centre for the Study of International Slavery. He has researched and published widely on forced labour, migration, support for survivors and on the organizational systems in the UK such as the GLAA and Border Agency. Dr Hannah Lewis is Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, at the University of Sheffield. Her research interests include community and social relationships, migration and refugee studies; immigration and asylum policy; forced labour and `modern slavery', faith and anti-trafficking; and the ethics and methodologies of research with migrant populations. Her work has been published in many journals and she has contributed to three books. Louise Waite is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Leeds, UK. Her research interests focus on discourses of `modern slavery', unfree/forced labour and exploitative work among asylum seekers and refugees. She has published in a range of peer reviewed journals and in recent collaborative books