Beschreibung:
Ethan B. Kapstein is Arizona Centennial Professor of International Affairs at the McCain Institute of International Leadership, Arizona State University. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington DC. A former naval officer and international banker, Kapstein is the author or editor of ten books and scores of professional articles including The Fate of Young Democracies (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Uses the success of the AIDS treatment advocacy movement to show how social movements can successfully transform global markets.
1. Introduction: global markets and transnational social movements; Appendix A. A brief history of AIDS and the AIDS treatment movement; Appendix B. Key dates; 2. Industry structure and movement opportunities; 3. Drugs = life: framing access to AIDS drugs; 4. Movement coherence and mobilization; 5. Advocacy strategies to address costs; 6. Institutions to stabilize the market; 7. Lessons for other campaigns; 8. Conclusions: implications for research and policy.