The question of who gets what frequently boils down to political competition over the distribution of wealth and power. Politics has often been defined in terms of who gets what, when, and how. To help make sense of the issues involved here, we need to reflect on why political and ideological adversaries have often been able to reach – or at least appear to reach – an unusual degree of common ground when it comes to combatting trafficking. This diverse political coalition has helped to promote a misleading image of human trafficking as a ‘non-ideological’ issue that transcends ‘normal’ politics, with conservatives, liberals, traditionalists and progressives all coming together under the banner of a common global cause. Politicians on the left and right rarely agree about anything these days, yet there have recently been many occasions where anti-trafficking laws and policies have secured high-level, bipartisan support. Bush and Robert Mugabe, publicly declare their support for the global cause of combating human trafficking. The last two decades have seen a whole host of political leaders, including both George W.
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