Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-312) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: AIDS activism and legitimation crises -- Against science and the stigmatization of the "at-risk" body -- Against Pharma and the intellectual propertization of life -- Against governance and the oligopolization of power -- Against community and the expertization of activism -- Conclusion: Knowledge and inclusion in global governance.
Summary:
Drawing on more than one hundred interviews conducted across eighteen countries, the author documents the emergence of a diverse range of community-based, nongovernmental, and civil society groups engaged in patient-focused AIDS advocacy worldwide. She also critically evaluates the evolving role of these groups in challenging authoritative global health governance schemes put in place by what she describes as overcontrolling or sanctimonious governments, scientists, religious figures, journalists, educators, and corporations.--From publisher description.
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