The political economy of AIDS among drug users in the United States: Beyond blaming the victim or powerful others

Robert G. Carlson

doi:10.1525/aa.1996.98.2.02a00040

The political economy of AIDS among drug users in the United States: Beyond blaming the victim or powerful others

Robert G. Carlson

Population and Public Health Sciences

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Abstract

In AIDS research, political economy commonly refers to the holistic description of the contexts in which HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is transmitted as well as to a political strategy for redirecting blame from victims to powerful others. This article suggests that a more fully developed political-economic theory should undertake a Marxism-inspired reexamination of the principles of social reproduction through which human relationships are created in capitalist cosmology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	266-278
Number of pages	13
Journal	American Anthropologist
Volume	98
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1996.98.2.02a00040
State	Published - Jun 1 1996

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Anthropology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Keywords

AIDS
United States
drug use

Disciplines

Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Medical Specialties
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental and Social Health
Preventive Medicine
Substance Abuse and Addiction
Virus Diseases

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The political economy of AIDS among drug users in the United States: Beyond blaming the victim or powerful others

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