Samantha Majic teaches political science at John Jay College-CUNY. She is also an American Fellow of the AAUW.

"Majic has written an influential book, one that challenges conventional views of government-funded nonprofit organizations as well as those individuals who work in the sex industry. . . . Not only has [Majic] expanded our views of politically active human service nonprofits, but through a use of well-placed key informant quotes and detailed participation observation field notes, she has told a humanizing story that will likely transform the readers' view of sex workers from an apolitical and reckless population to dedicated and passionate nonprofit human service employees." (Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly) "An excellent, important book. Samantha Majic's detailed community research will transform our views of sex workers as well as our understanding of the potential for nonprofit community organizations and social movements to achieve lasting political change." (Steven Rathgeb Smith, Executive Director of the American Political Science Association) "A much needed contribution to studies of sex work politics that moves beyond tired recapitulations of ideological 'sex wars' over pornography and prostitution. . . . As a corrective, this book examines how social movements struggle to produce lasting social change as they become formalized and begin to interact with mainstream institutions, especially the State." (Gender and Society)

• List of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Institutional Negotiation: Sex Workers and the Process of Resistance MaintenanceChapter 2. Oppositional ImplementationChapter 3. Community EngagementChapter 4. Claims-Making ActivitiesChapter 5. Lessons Learned: Social-Movement Evolution and the Nonprofit SectorAppendix. A Note on MethodsNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Samantha Majic teaches political science at John Jay College-CUNY. She is also an American Fellow of the AAUW.

"Majic has written an influential book, one that challenges conventional views of government-funded nonprofit organizations as well as those individuals who work in the sex industry. . . . Not only has [Majic] expanded our views of politically active human service nonprofits, but through a use of well-placed key informant quotes and detailed participation observation field notes, she has told a humanizing story that will likely transform the readers' view of sex workers from an apolitical and reckless population to dedicated and passionate nonprofit human service employees." (Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly) "An excellent, important book. Samantha Majic's detailed community research will transform our views of sex workers as well as our understanding of the potential for nonprofit community organizations and social movements to achieve lasting political change." (Steven Rathgeb Smith, Executive Director of the American Political Science Association) "A much needed contribution to studies of sex work politics that moves beyond tired recapitulations of ideological 'sex wars' over pornography and prostitution. . . . As a corrective, this book examines how social movements struggle to produce lasting social change as they become formalized and begin to interact with mainstream institutions, especially the State." (Gender and Society)

• List of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Institutional Negotiation: Sex Workers and the Process of Resistance MaintenanceChapter 2. Oppositional ImplementationChapter 3. Community EngagementChapter 4. Claims-Making ActivitiesChapter 5. Lessons Learned: Social-Movement Evolution and the Nonprofit SectorAppendix. A Note on MethodsNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments