The truth about modern slavery / Emily Kenway.
By: Kenway, Emily [author.]
.Publisher: London : Pluto Press, 2021Description: ix, 227 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780745341217; 9780745341224; 9781786807298; 9781786807311; 9781786807304.Subject(s): Slavery -- Great Britain | Slavery -- Great Britain -- Government policyDDC classification: 306.3620941 Summary: "In 2019, over 10,000 possible victims of slavery were found in the UK. From men working in Sports Direct warehouses for barely any pay, to teenaged Vietnamese girls trafficked into small town nail bars, we’re told that modern slavery is all around us, operating in plain sight. But is this really slavery, and is it even a new phenomenon? Why has the British Conservative Party called it 'one of the great human rights issues of our time', when they usually ignore the exploitation of those at the bottom of the economic pile? The Truth About Modern Slavery reveals how modern slavery has been created as a political tool by those in power. It shows how anti-slavery action acts as a moral cloak, hiding the harms of the ‘hostile environment’ towards migrants, legitimising big brands’ exploitation of the poorest workers and oppressing sex workers" -- Taken from publisher's website.
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| 306.3620905 MUR Survivors of slavery : | 306.3620905 POL The political economy of new slavery / | 306.3620941 BRI Britain's history and memory of transatlantic slavery : local nuances of a 'national sin' / | 306.3620941 KEN The truth about modern slavery / | 306.3620941 TAY The interest : how the British establishment resisted the abolition of slavery / | 306.362094109033 SCA Slave empire : how slavery built modern Britain / | 306.36209411 REC Recovering Scotland's slavery past : |
"In 2019, over 10,000 possible victims of slavery were found in the UK. From men working in Sports Direct warehouses for barely any pay, to teenaged Vietnamese girls trafficked into small town nail bars, we’re told that modern slavery is all around us, operating in plain sight. But is this really slavery, and is it even a new phenomenon? Why has the British Conservative Party called it 'one of the great human rights issues of our time', when they usually ignore the exploitation of those at the bottom of the economic pile? The Truth About Modern Slavery reveals how modern slavery has been created as a political tool by those in power. It shows how anti-slavery action acts as a moral cloak, hiding the harms of the ‘hostile environment’ towards migrants, legitimising big brands’ exploitation of the poorest workers and oppressing sex workers" -- Taken from publisher's website.