title: Politics and Power in Global Health: The Constituting Role of Conflicts: Comment on "Navigating Between Stealth Advocacy and Unconscious Dogmatism: The Challenge of Researching the Norms, Politics and Power of Global Health".
abstract: In a recent article, Gorik Ooms has drawn attention to the normative underpinnings of the politics of global health. We claim that Ooms is indirectly submitting to a liberal conception of politics by framing the politics of global health as a question of individual morality. Drawing on the theoretical works of Chantal Mouffe, we introduce a conflictual concept of the political as an alternative to Ooms' conception. Using controversies surrounding medical treatment of AIDS patients in developing countries as a case we underline the opportunity for political changes, through political articulation of an issue, and collective mobilization based on such an articulation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Clemet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Askheim
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heggen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Eivind
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Engebretsen
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D012106:Research
keywords: AIDS; Antiretroviral (ARV) Treatment; Chantal Mouffe; Conflict; Global Health; Liberal Politics