Politics of knowledge in current regulation of prostitution in Germany

本项目以建构主义社会问题社会学的视角，以“话语的知识社会学”的理论-方法论框架为分析基础，研究1985年至2017年德国卖淫监管制度下的知识关系和知识政治。它将检查话语冲突在联邦一级，以及在四个选定的联邦州和其中的个别市。关于这一讨论的计划研究及其广泛的社会政治影响的中心问题是：在不同的政治-行政级别（联邦级别，四个选定的州和市）和公开辩论中，如何就卖淫和管制赤字的可靠事实或不可靠事实达成共识？哪些形式的知识通过展示问题的证据，证明需要采取行动，并使干预策略合法化，从而使卖淫问题化？评价和公共秩序的哪些伦理和道德模式（例如人权、受保护的权利、自决权和被承认的权利）被用来评价事实性知识，以及它如何与其他形式的知识联系起来？

Taking on the perspective of a constructivist sociology of social problems, this project intends to study knowledge relations and politics of knowledge within the current regulatory regime of prostitution in Germany from 1985 to 2017, using the theoretical-methodological framework of the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse as a basis for analysis. It will examine discursive conflicts at a federal level as well as in four select federal states and individual municipalities within them. The central questions in the planned study on this discussion and its wide-ranging sociopolitical implications are: how is a consensus regarding what is or what is not reliable fact regarding prostitution and regulatory deficits established at different political-administrative levels (federal levels, four select states and municipalities) and in public debate? Which forms of knowledge are used problematize prostitution by showing evidence of problems, justifying a need for action, and legitimizing intervention strategies? Which ethical and moral patterns of evaluation and public order (e.g., human rights, protective rights, the right to self-determination and to be acknowledged) are used to evaluate factual knowledge and how is it connected to other forms of knowledge?