A.R. Hochschild’s scientific contributions

... This association has translated into a body of academic literature on sex work in Switzerland that adopts a harm reduction perspective, asking how and under what conditions sex workers experience violence, including human trafficking and forced prostitution, and how they can be protected from it (Biberstein & Killias, 2015;Büschi, 2014;Chimienti, 2009;Chimienti & Lieber, 2018; Le Breton, 2011;Molnar & Aebi, 2023;Molnar & Ros, 2022). I do not intend to dismiss the harm reduction approach, since sex work as a form of migrantized care work has been shown to be prone to exploitative conditions (Agustín, 2003;De Rivière & Schrader, 2021;Ehrenreich & Hochschild, 2003). However, an exclusive focus on the risks neglects important aspects of the transformation of the sex industry into a multifaceted employment sector. ...

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New (Sex) Work?: Digitalization, Circular Mobility, and Recognition in the Regulation of Sex Work in Switzerland