Assassin!” Aids and Neoliberal Reform in France

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6308235
AutoresMichael J Bosia (Saint Michael's College), Marta Bosia (0000-0002-9658-2759, Saint Michael's College, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen27
Número3
Páginas291-308
Fecha de publicación2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0739-3148 • E-ISSN: 1469-9931
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/07393140500220151
OpenAlexW2035730740
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4

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