01315nam a22001577a 4500 523342 523342 230808b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Clemente, Mara 42753 Feminism and counter-trafficking: Exploring the transformative potential of contemporary feminism in Portugal Social and Legal Studies 32(3), Jun, 2023: p.420-440 Focusing 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 Human trafficking, counter-trafficking, Feminism, State fermiums, Portugal. 39754 Social and Legal Studies FEMINISM AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 398382 IIPA IIPA 2023-08-08 32(3), Jun, 2023: p.420-440 AR129309 2023-08-08 AR