Assassin!” Aids and Neoliberal Reform in France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6308235 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael J Bosia (Saint Michael's College), Marta Bosia (0000-0002-9658-2759, Saint Michael's College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 291-308 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-3148 • E-ISSN: 1469-9931 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07393140500220151 |
| OpenAlex | W2035730740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The apparent French embrace of neoliberal reforms in the 1980s resulted in a series of scandals and bitter contention. The criminal trials over the failure to prevent the spread of AIDS through the blood supply uniquely resulted in the prosecution of a former prime minister. AIDS activists overcame many of their differences in targeting this top official responsible for the initial turn to neoliberalism and austerity in 1984, accusing him of homicide for delays in AIDS prevention measures. The government's unwillingness to fund new programs became a metaphor for what activists claim was a dysfunctional state elite, with governments of the left and right said to be preoccupied with neoliberal financial concerns that represented the official abandonment of a French Republican emphasis on equality, integration, and social solidarity, and the state's response to this global epidemic stands in for a succession of failures in the era of globalization
Abandonment (legal · Austerity · Globalization · Government (linguistics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Healthcare Systems and Practices · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2007 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |