Nation, Internationalism, and the Policies against Trafficking in Girls and Women after the Fall of the Habsburg Empire
| Autor: | Martina Steer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Remaking Central Europe ISBN: 0198854684 Remaking Central Europe |
| Popis: | Interwar Poland inherited the problem of prostitution and human trafficking from its three predecessor states, above all from the Habsburg Monarchy. It soon came into the focus of interest of the League of Nations’ anti-trafficking agencies. Exploring the interaction between the recently acquired national sovereignty of post-Habsburg Poland and the new world order with the League of Nations as its pivotal force is tantamount to understanding how a nation state tried to tackle a transnational problem such as ‘white slavery’, as well as how it struggled with commitments resulting from its new position as a sovereign actor in interwar international politics. This chapter investigates governmental and non-governmental activities against prostitution and human trafficking in Poland, along with the government’s stance on the League’s recommendations. Whereas prewar international Jewish activities to save women from prostitution came to an end, domestic institutions seized opportunities provided by a democratic state and took their place. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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