Governmentality and security in the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 607-616

  Ingram, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geopolitics; Governmentality; Neoliberalism; PEPFAR; Security; Social movements

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; GEOPOLITICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECURITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOVEREIGNTY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 77954316474     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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