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Policy implementation practices actively reshape governmental problematizations of prostitution, demonstrating that even policies originating from abnormalizing perspectives can introduce and reinforce normalizing ambitions during implementation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine how policy implementation practices actively shape and transform governmental problematizations of prostitution within local governance frameworks.

August 22, 2026Critical Policy Studies

Normalizing and abnormalizing prostitution: the productive role of policy implementation practices in shaping governmental problematizations

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EWEelco van Wijk

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Case study demonstrates how local policy implementation practices reshape governmental problematizations of prostitution, highlighting the resilience of Dutch normalizing governance.

Key Points

To examine how policy implementation practices actively shape and transform governmental problematizations of prostitution within local governance frameworks.
Conducted a case study analyzing local prostitution governance through a theoretical typology of normalizing versus abnormalizing policy approaches.
Evaluated implementation practices across two specific municipal programs: sex worker exit initiatives and the policing and prohibition of prostitution from homes.
Policy implementation practices introduced and reinforced normalizing ambitions within both initiatives, despite their origins in abnormalizing policy frameworks.
Implementation processes actively reshaped official problematizations, demonstrating both the adaptability of local policy execution and the persistence of the Dutch normalizing model.

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Eelco van Wijk (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895fe4ca7ade938187ece2 https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2026.2669056

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August 22, 2026Critical Policy Studies

Normalizing and abnormalizing prostitution: the productive role of policy implementation practices in shaping governmental problematizations

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EWEelco van Wijk

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Overview

Case study demonstrates how local policy implementation practices reshape governmental problematizations of prostitution, highlighting the resilience of Dutch normalizing governance.

Key Points

To examine how policy implementation practices actively shape and transform governmental problematizations of prostitution within local governance frameworks.
Conducted a case study analyzing local prostitution governance through a theoretical typology of normalizing versus abnormalizing policy approaches.
Evaluated implementation practices across two specific municipal programs: sex worker exit initiatives and the policing and prohibition of prostitution from homes.
Policy implementation practices introduced and reinforced normalizing ambitions within both initiatives, despite their origins in abnormalizing policy frameworks.
Implementation processes actively reshaped official problematizations, demonstrating both the adaptability of local policy execution and the persistence of the Dutch normalizing model.

Cite This Study

Eelco van Wijk (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895fe4ca7ade938187ece2 https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2026.2669056

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