Politics and Power in Global Health: The Constituting Role of Conflicts; Comment on “Navigating Between Stealth Advocacy and Unconscious Dogmatism: The Challenge of Researching the Norms, Politics and Power of Global Health”
نویسندگان
1 Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
2 Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
3 Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
doi
10.15171/ijhpm.2015.188چکیده
In a recent article, Gorik Ooms has drawn attention to the normative underpinnings of the politics of global health. We claim that Ooms is indirectly submitting to a liberal conception of politics by framing the politics of global health as a question of individual morality. Drawing on the theoretical works of Chantal Mouffe, we introduce a conflictual concept of the political as an alternative to Ooms’ conception. Using controversies surrounding medical treatment of AIDS patients in developing countries as a case we underline the opportunity for political changes, through political articulation of an issue, and collective mobilization based on such an articulation.
