Prostitution and Human Rights in Indonesia: A Critical Systemic Review of Policy Discourses and Scenarios

Riswanda (), Janet McIntyre-Mills and Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes
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Riswanda: Flinders University
Janet McIntyre-Mills: Flinders University
Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes: Flinders University

Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2017, vol. 30, issue 3, No 2, 213-237

Abstract: Abstract This article considers policy making in practice focussing on case studies drawn from ethnographic research on prostitution in Indonesia carried out between 2012 and 2013 (this article is based on field research undertaken in Java, Indonesia, between November 2012 and 28 February 2013). Its theoretical underpinnings is that of ‘critical systemic heuristics’ which contends that policy making with respect to prostitution needs to take into account a range of factors and diverse views based on a process of ‘unfolding values’ and ‘sweeping in’ many variables before a decision is made. Applying ‘critical systemic approach’ or ‘critical heuristics’provides a means to test out the policy making ideas, as opposed to merely implementing the ideas of the powerful. The paper applies critical heuristic thinking to argue that the policy response ought to take into account the voices of those with a lived experience of poverty and prostitution, in order to protect their rights when making policy decisions.

Keywords: Critical system heuristic; Policy; Prostitution; Expanded pragmatism; Rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11213-016-9393-4

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