Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain

Sharapov, Kiril

Abstract

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 understanding of the issues are shaped by pervading state neoliberal governmentalities, focusing largely on vulnerable victims and perpetrators, but rarely located in personal lives as ‘consumer-citizens’.

Citation

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

• Acceptance Date: Feb 1, 2016
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Apr 26, 2017
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Pages: 17-40
• Book Title: Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation
• Chapter Number: 2
• ISBN: 9781474401128
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474401128.003.0002
• Keywords: Agnotology, Modern slaves, Awareness campaigns, Consumer-citizens
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/833928