Citation

Schwartz K, Jeffery H, Nelson R. J. Mod. Slavery 2018; 4(2): iii-vii.

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(Copyright © 2018, Slavery Today)

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Abstract

With the growing visibility of the contemporary antislavery movement on the global stage, and the rising demand for new and revolutionary research about human exploitation, emergent scholarship in the field is becoming increasingly vital. New ideas and approaches are crucial to understand and engage with the complex and constantly evolving institution. As exploitation adapts over time in response to changes in context, efforts to combat the phenomena must also transform--demanding research that grapples with the myriad of possible forms it might take and presents solutions not only to the problems of today, but to the challenges of tomorrow. Yet, in order to tend to the future, it is fundamental that we listen to the past. History must be the bedrock for the development of law, business, policy, art, literature and technology in this field, because the contemporary manifestations of exploitation and enslavement do not exist within an historical vacuum...

Language: en