Governing Sex Work in the City

摘要: Sex work is often constructed as an urban "problem". As a result, sex workers, clients and the spaces in which people buy or sell are frequently subject of intervention from those governing cities. This paper considers ways problems solutions framed wider governance cities global north. It draws on range academic literature to show how takes relational territorial forms. Governance sense that it about improving‟ connections relationships between involved seemingly affected by work; placing city through spatial exclusion, containment construction maintenance boundaries focus strategies governance. The argues while contingent, there resonances they frame problem interventions used. concludes highlighting future areas for research work, city.