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Protest by other means? Sex workers, social movement evolution and the political possibilities of nonprofit service provision

Majic, Samantha Ann.   Cornell University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2010. 3396240.

Abstract (summary)

Is it possible for service organizations formed from protest movements to maintain their radical commitments, even when they partner with state agencies? Engaging with the social movements, civic engagement, and nonprofit sector literatures, I focus on the American prostitutes’ rights movement and the emergence from it of the California Prevention and Education Project (CAL-PEP) and the St James Infirmary (SJI) in the San Francisco Bay Area. As flagship nonprofit health service organizations, the SJI and CAL-PEP illustrate how a social movement’s radical impulses and claims-making capacities are both maintained and restricted when they are institutionalized into service provision organizations that seek to work with state agencies in an era of neoliberal politics. Based on participant-observational, interview-based and archival research, I contend that CAL-PEP and the SJI express their radical impulses within their organizations by maintaining prostitution as a legitimate occupational choice and involving sex workers in service provision and management. Granting agreements encouraging local, community-based health service provision and an emphasis on professional, credentialed service provision permit this expression of their radical impulses, even as charitable nonprofit tax status and granting agency requirements for data collection constrain their capacities to advocate for sex workers' rights beyond their organizations.

Indexing (details)


Subject
American studies;
Political science;
Gender studies
Classification
0323: American studies
0615: Political science
0733: Gender studies
Identifier / keyword
Social sciences; Advocacy; HIV/AIDS; Nonprofts; Political organization; Prostitution; Sex work; Social movements
Title
Protest by other means? Sex workers, social movement evolution and the political possibilities of nonprofit service provision
Author
Majic, Samantha Ann
Number of pages
285
Degree date
2010
School code
0058
Source
DAI-A 71/03, Dissertation Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-1-109-64676-4
Advisor
Katzenstein, Mary Fainsod
University/institution
Cornell University
University location
United States -- New York
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
3396240
ProQuest document ID
305190561
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/305190561