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Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism, and Unfree Labour

By Judy Fudge
Cambridge University Press January 2025

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ISBN-13
9781108473422
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
January 2025
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Modern slavery laws are a response to global capitalism, which undermines the distinction between free and unfree labour and poses intense challenges to state sovereignty. Instead of being a solution, Constructing Modern Slavery argues that modern slavery laws divert attention from the underlying structures and processes that generate exploitation. Focusing on unfree labour associated with international immigration and global supply chains, it provides a novel socio-legal genealogy of the concept 'modern slavery' through a series of linked case studies of influential actors associated with key legal instruments: the United Nations, the United States, the International Labour Organization, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Walk Free Foundation.

Constructing Modern Slavery demonstrates that despite the best efforts of academics, advocates, and policymakers to develop a truly multifaceted approach to modern slavery, it is difficult to uncouple antislavery initiatives from the conservative moral and economic agendas with which they are aligned.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. From white slavery to Human slavery
2. Philanthrocapitalism's Market-Friendly solution
3. The ILO's Governance of forced Labour
4. The EU's integrated and holistic approach
5. The UK's crackdown on illegal work And Human trafficking
6. Global Britain and the modern slavery Act 2015
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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