01226nam a22001217a 4500008004100000100002000041245011400061260003100175300003200206520075400238650008100992773003101073230808b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aClemente,  Mara  aFeminism and counter-trafficking: Exploring the transformative potential of contemporary feminism in Portugal  aSocial and Legal Studies    a32(3), Jun, 2023: p.420-440  aFocusing on the Portuguese case, this article explores the role of feminism in counter-trafficking. Through analysing feminist discourse on human trafficking, the article interrogates feminism's ability and its limitations in challenging or reinforcing some of the most controversial policy outcomes. The article argues that, due to a structural weakness within feminism itself and the profound institutionalisation of counter-trafficking, any possibility of challenging dominant discourses on trafficking remains a distant dream. Rather, counter-trafficking attempts ultimately help create a controversial neoliberal space that strains feminism's transformative potential while simultaneously strengthening bureaucratic state feminism.- Reproduced   aHuman trafficking, counter-trafficking, Feminism, State fermiums, Portugal.   aSocial and Legal Studies