'In the court of public opinion': Transnational problem construction in the HIV/AIDS medicine access campaign, 1998-2001

International Sociology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Olesen, Thomas ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Civil society; Globalization; HIV AIDS; Medicine access; Transnational campaigns

Indexed keywords

EID: 31944439259     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580906059288     Document Type: Article

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