Outputs (54)

Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain (2016)
Book Chapter
Sharapov, K. (2016). Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain. In M. Malloch, & P. Rigby (Eds.), Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation (17-40). Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474401128.003.0002

Focusing on three national case studies this chapter explores the comparative empirical data on public knowledge and understanding of human trafficking, examining the link between public knowledge and public policies. It highlights how public underst... Read More about Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain.

Human Trafficking and Online Networks: Policy, Analysis, and Ignorance (2016)
Journal Article
Mendel, J., & Sharapov, K. (2016). Human Trafficking and Online Networks: Policy, Analysis, and Ignorance. Antipode, 48(3), 665-684. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12213

Dominant anti-trafficking policy discourses represent trafficking as an issue of crime, “illegal” migration, victimhood and humanitarianism. Such a narrow focus is not an adequate response to the interplay between technology, trafficking and anti-tra... Read More about Human Trafficking and Online Networks: Policy, Analysis, and Ignorance.

‘Traffickers and Their Victims’: Anti-Trafficking Policy in the United Kingdom (2015)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K. (2017). ‘Traffickers and Their Victims’: Anti-Trafficking Policy in the United Kingdom. Critical Sociology, 43(1), 91-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920515598562

This paper relies upon the ‘what’s the problem represented to be?’ approach to policy analysis to interrogate key representations of human trafficking implicit in the UK government’s anti-trafficking policy. It identifies six policy vectors, or repre... Read More about ‘Traffickers and Their Victims’: Anti-Trafficking Policy in the United Kingdom.

Understanding Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards Trafficking in Human Beings, Part II (2015)
Report
Sharapov, K. (2015). Understanding Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards Trafficking in Human Beings, Part II. Budapest: European Commission & Central European University

No abstract available.

Fact Sheet: Trafficking in Human Beings and Public Opinion in Hungary (2015)
Report
Sharapov, K. (2015). Fact Sheet: Trafficking in Human Beings and Public Opinion in Hungary. Budapest: European Commission & Central European University

No abstract available.

Fact Sheet: Trafficking in human beings and public opinion in Ukraine (2015)
Report
Sharapov, K. (2015). Fact Sheet: Trafficking in human beings and public opinion in Ukraine. Budapest: European Commission & Central European University

No abstract available.

Fact Sheet: Trafficking in human beings and public opinion in Great Britain (2015)
Report
Sharapov, K. (2015). Fact Sheet: Trafficking in human beings and public opinion in Great Britain. Budapest: European Commission & Central European University

No abstract available.

Policy Briefing: Human Trafficking and Online Networks (2014)
Report
Sharapov, K., & Mendel, J. (2014). Policy Briefing: Human Trafficking and Online Networks. Budapest: European Commission & Central European University

No abstract available.

Understanding Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards TrafÞcking in Human Beings, Part I (2014)
Report
Sharapov, K. (2014). Understanding Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards TrafÞcking in Human Beings, Part I. Budapest: European Commission & Central European University

No abstract available.

Giving us the ‘Biggest Bang for the Buck’ (or Not): Anti-trafficking government funding in Ukraine and the United Kingdom (2014)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K. (2014). Giving us the ‘Biggest Bang for the Buck’ (or Not): Anti-trafficking government funding in Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Anti-trafficking review, 3, 16-40. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.20121432

The focus of this paper is on government anti-trafficking policies and funding allocations in two case-study countries, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (UK). The paper discusses specific ways, or ‘vectors’, in which human trafficking has been discursi... Read More about Giving us the ‘Biggest Bang for the Buck’ (or Not): Anti-trafficking government funding in Ukraine and the United Kingdom.