Elżbieta M. Goździak 
Human Trafficking as a New (In)Security Threat [PDF ebook] 

This book challenges the rhetoric linking ‘war on terror’ with ‘war on human trafficking’ by juxtaposing lived experiences of survivors of trafficking, refugees, and labor migrants with macro-level security concerns. Drawing on research in the United States and in Europe, Goździak shows how human trafficking has replaced migration in public narratives, policy responses, and practice with migrants and analyzes lived experiences of (in)security of trafficked victims, irregular migrants, and asylum seekers. .

Table of Content

Introduction.- PART ONE: Understanding security and human trafficking in the 21st century.- Chapter One: Human trafficking: Old phenomenon, new meaning(s).- Chapter Two: Human Trafficking as a Security Threat.- PART TWO: Fear of the Other.- Chapter Three: Closing US refugee resettlement with the stroke of a pen.- Chapter Four: Fortress Europe.- PART THREE: Lived experiences of (in)security.- Chapter Five: Drug mules, foot guides, or victims of child trafficking?.- Chapter Six: Young and male asylum seekers: A security threat to the European Union?.- Conclusions: Way forward.

About the author

Elżbieta M. Goździak is Visiting Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Previously, she was Research Professor at the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University. She held the George Soros Visiting Chair in Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.