Combating The Kidney Commerce
Civil Society against Organ Trafficking in Pakistan and Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Asif Efrat (0000-0001-8325-3932, Reichman University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 764-783 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azt025 |
| OpenAlex | W2023326556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 25 |
Can civil society bring governments to curb transnational crime? The article answers this question by analysing a most-likely case for civil-society influence: organ trafficking. Physicians’ efforts to eliminate this practice are examined in Pakistan and Israel: two major participants in the global organ trade. In both countries, the physicians’ pressure resulted in the enactment of organ-trade prohibitions. These, however, were not fully enforced. The analysis suggests that, even under favourable conditions, civil society’s impact on transnational-crime policies is limited, yet not inconsequential: Pakistan’s involvement in organ trafficking, and even more so Israel’s, has declined. Beyond its contribution to understanding civil society’s role in the criminalization process, the article sheds light on the hitherto little-studied politics of the organ trade.
Civil litigation · Civil society · Criminalization · Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Sex work and related issues
The state of the organ trade
Illicit organ trade
Epistemic Communities, Human Rights, and the Global Diffusion of Legislation against the Organ Trade
The Social Construction of Moral Perceptions and Public Policies Concerning Organ Trafficking in Israel 1 , 2
Foreign Agents? Public Attitudes Toward Nongovernmental Organizations in a Backsliding Democracy
Human rights and world culture
Families, Patients, and Physicians in Medical Decisionmaking
NGO Influence in International Environmental Negotiations
Global governance and conflict diamonds
The Market for Illegal Goods
Shaming and Blaming
How Do International Institutions Matter? The Domestic Impact of International Rules and Norms
Shame on You
Sticks and Stones
Vetting the Advocacy Agenda
Global prohibition regimes
Transnational Civil Society and Advocacy in World Politics
Global Norms, Local Activism, and Social Movement Outcomes
The Global Traffic in Human Organs
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |