International Politics of Human Trafficking

Gillian Wylie is Assistant Professor of International Peace Studies in Trinity College Dublin. Her research and teaching interests span human trafficking and migration, international politics and gender issues as they relate to war and peace.

• 1. Introducing the International Politics of Human Trafficking.- 2. Norm Construction in International Politics.- 3. Norm Emergence: Entrepreneurs, Interests and the Palermo Protocol.- 4. Norm Cascade and the Hegemon.- 5. Norm Socialization: Localizing the Global, Regionalizing the Local.- 6. The Neglected Norm: Trafficking for Forced Labour.- 7. The Far End of the Lifecycle: Common Knowledge and its Consequences.- 8. Conclusion: Why Trafficking, Why Now and with What Consequences?