Lifting the ban on Dutch brothels

Do Local Social Needs and Local Political Demands Matter for Municipal Prostitution Policies

Bibliographic Data

ID6326970
AuthorsWouter Jans (Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies (IGS), Netherlands), Bas Denters (Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies (IGS), Netherlands), Sebastianus A H Denter (0000-0002-4707-4352), Ariana Need (Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies (IGS), Netherlands), Minna Van Gerven (0000-0003-1240-6588, Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies (IGS), Netherlands)
Year2017
Volume45
Issue3
Pages449-466
Publication date2017-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557316x14556289470900
OpenAlexW2575766016
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited24

This article examines to what extent Dutch municipalities have adapted new local prostitution regulations to local needs and demands following decentralisation in 2000. We examined the extent to which a national template is locally adapted, and which factors inspired such adaptations. We found that many municipalities extensively copied the regulatory template developed by the Dutch Association of Municipalities. Our analyses show that – unexpectedly and contrary to popular arguments on the merits of decentralisation – local needs and demands played no major role in explaining local policy-adaptations. Political fragmentation and size-related municipal resources however do explain differences in local adaptations

Decentralization · Fragmentation (computing · Local community · Local government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Public Administration · Sex work and related issues · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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