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Authoritarian absorption : the transnational remaking of epidemic politics in China /

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'Authoritarian Absorption' unveils the transformation of China's pandemic response system from 1978 to 2018 through its battle against HIV/AIDS. Chinese bureaucrats, facing pressure from foreign agencies - especially those of the US and UK - and grassroots social movements, developed...

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Main Author: Long, Yan (Professor of sociology) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Government policy > China.
HIV infections > Government policy > China.
Gay men > Medical care > China.
Gay men > China > Social conditions.
Epidemics > China > History.
Public health administration > China > History.
Communicable diseases > Prevention > Government policy > China.
Pandemics > Government policy > China.
China > Politics and government > 1976-2002.
Authoritarianism > China.
Maladies infectieuses > Prévention > Politique gouvernementale > Chine.
Pandémies > Politique gouvernementale > Chine.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 1976-2002.
Autoritarisme > Chine.
Sida > Politique gouvernementale > Chine.
Infections à VIH > Politique gouvernementale > Chine.
Épidémies > Chine > Histoire.
Santé publique > Administration > Chine > Histoire.
Social Policy.
Public Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Disease & Health Issues.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Health and Wellbeing.
Electronic books.
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Summary:'Authoritarian Absorption' unveils the transformation of China's pandemic response system from 1978 to 2018 through its battle against HIV/AIDS. Chinese bureaucrats, facing pressure from foreign agencies - especially those of the US and UK - and grassroots social movements, developed ways to turn epidemics into opportunities for enhancing domestic control and international stature. Drawing on longitudinal-ethnographic research, Yan Long reveals how Western liberal interventions can simultaneously bolster public health institutions and reinforce authoritarian power, a development pivotal to China's subsequent handling of COVID-19 and instrumental in advancing the rights of groups like gay men.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 388 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190900212
0190900210
9780190900229
0190900229
9780190900205
0190900202