This thought-provoking collection brings together academics from a range of disciplines to examine modern slavery. It illustrates how different disciplinary positions, methodologies and perspectives form and clash together through a kaleidoscopic view to contribute a unique insight into critical modern slavery studies. Providing a platform to critique the legal, ideological and political responses to the issue, experts interrogate the construct of modern slavery and the anti-trafficking discourse which have dominated contemporary responses to and understandings of exploitation. Drawing on a range of global real-world examples, this is a vital contribution to the study of modern slavery.

Table of Contents:
Foreword: Against ‘Newness’ - Joel Quirk 1 Introduction: The Interdisciplinary Kaleidoscope and Creation of Modern Slavery in Global Context - Elizabeth A. Faulkner Introduction Modern slavery in global context: overview Modern slavery: rage against the machine About the edited collection: the organizing logic Conclusion: shifting the kaleidoscope PART I Theoretical Perspectives 2 From Social to Legal: Shifting Approaches to Trafficking at the Turn of 20th-Century England - Laura Lammasniemi Introduction Section I: the shifting legal and social landscape of the mid-19th century Section II: towards legal framework on anti- trafficking Conclusion 3 The Coloniality of Modern Slavery in Latin America - Chris O’Connell Introduction Methodology: conducting fieldwork in Bolivia and Peru Problematizing approaches to modern slavery Coloniality of power and modern slavery Decolonization and modern slavery in Bolivia Conclusion 4 Constructing ‘Indigenous People’ Reproducing Coloniality’s Epistemic Violence: A Content Analysis of the Trafficking in Persons Reports - Avi Boukli, Georgios Papanicolaou and Eleni Dimou Introduction Coloniality and epistemic violence Coloniality and human trafficking Data and methods Coloniality of knowledge in the TIPRs: constructing the ‘Indigenous victim’ of human trafficking Conclusion PART II Structural Issues in Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Practice 5 The Ethics of Research into Human Trafficking Beyond ‘Do No Harm’: Developing a ‘Living’ Ethical Protocol - Patricia Hynes and Mike Dottridge Introduction Conceptual approaches: capturing the transnational and contextual nature of trafficking Conclusion 6 Governing through Indicators: Structural Biases and Empirical Challenges in Indicator-Based Approaches to Anti-Trafficking Policy, Practice, and Research - Ieke de Vries and Ella Cockbain Introduction The aetiology of problem, risk, and performance indicators Indicators as the vocabulary of victimization within human trafficking discourse Empirical challenges in developing human trafficking indicators Problem frames and empirical challenges in the use of risk factors: the case of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children in the US Implications for policy, interventions, and further research Conclusion 7 The Criminal Investigation of Human Trafficking Crimes in the UK: Benefits and Challenges of Police Collaboration During Police Investigations - Laura Pajón Introduction Human trafficking: a complex crime The benefits and challenges of police collaboration in human trafficking investigations The practice of police collaboration to investigate human trafficking crimes Conclusion PART III Case Studies 8 Brexit-Precipitated or Free Movement-Facilitated? Labour Exploitation of EU Migrants in the UK - Samantha Currie Introduction Brexit: a facilitator of labour exploitation Free movement as a facilitator of labour exploitation The aggravating impact of restrictive immigration policy Conclusion 9 The Modern Slavery Agenda in the UK: Labour Market Enforcement Perspectives on Law and Policy - Amy Weatherburn Introduction Tackling labour market non- compliance: law and policy responses The paradox of a labour market enforcement perspective: the ‘hostile environment’ trumps labour market security Conclusion 10 Insights from Uganda: Wartime Sexual Violence, Knowledge Production, and Power - Allen Kiconco Introduction ‘The field’: power and feminist methodology Navigating risk, access, and collaboration “I cannot tell you everything”: navigating ethics and in-depth interviews Conclusion 11 Beyond Victim-Centric Research: Participatory Action Research in a Trafficking ‘Hotspot’ of Nepal - Ayushman Bhagat Introduction: reimagining the political epistemology of victim-centric anti- trafficking research Methodology, knowledge production, and unravelling power dynamics Conclusion 12 Saviours or Disrupters? The Role of Non-State Actors in the Government-Centric Realm of Anti-Trafficking in Belize - Cherisse Francis Introduction The rise of NSAs Belize: the good, the bad, and the ugly Conclusion