Building capacities and producing citizens

The biopolitics of HIV prevention in Brazil

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ID6049680
AuthorsRafael De La Dehesa (City University of New York, corresponding author), Ananya Mukherjea (City University of New York)
Year2012
Volume18
Issue2
Pages186-199
Publication date2012-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-9775 • E-ISSN: 1469-3631
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13569775.2012.674336
OpenAlexW1964577475
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Capacity-building has become a mainstay of many AIDS and public health programmes. This article examines its impact on civil society organisations and claims-making around citizenship, as these have been articulated through heterogeneous policy networks doing HIV prevention work. Drawing on a growing literature on the Foucauldian notions of biopower and governmentality, the genealogy of capacity-building as a globalised technology of governmentality is traced, examining its uses both at the international level and in Brazil. Brazilian civil society organisations have undoubtedly been transformed by their participation in networks carrying out capacity-building projects. While recognising these effects, the conflicts and productive tensions inherent to such networks are highlighted

Biopower · Capacity building · Citizenship · Civil society · Economic growth · Economics · Governmentality · Political science · Politics · Public health · Sociology · Work (physics · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Human Rights and Development · Law · Public Administration

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