Regulatory governance of prostitution

The governance of prostitution policy is a highly contentious question on which the public and political arena largely disagrees in Europe. Accordingly, regulatory approaches vary greatly across Europe. What are the main differences between countries? Which policy instruments are used? How is the policy implemented and enforced? And what kind of private or semi-public actors take over regulatory responsibility (e.g., churches, NGOs, doctors, etc.) in the field to improve policy implementation? All these questions, are tacked in my past, current and future work on this specific public policy.

Publications:

2019:

• Ruling under a shadow of moral hierarchy: Regulatory intermediaries in the governance of prostitution. Regulation & Governance (online first)

2018:

• When Morality Policies meet Governance: Private governance as response to value-driven conflicts. Journal of Public Policy 38(1): 57-81.  (with C. Preidel)
  

2015:

• Prostitutionspolitik in Deutschland. Entwicklung im Kontext europäischer Trends. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. (Essentials)
• Prostitution: sin, unavoidable evil or recognized profession? In Christoph Knill et al. (eds), On the road to permissiveness? Change and Convergence of Moral Regulation in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 129-157.  (with C. Knill)

2014:

•  Prostitutionsregulierung: Politische Einigung zulasten der Implementation. In Christoph Knill et al. (eds), Moralpolitik in Deutschland. Staatliche Regulierung gesellschaftlicher Wertekonflikte im historischen und internationalen Vergleich. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 107-126.