Blind Spot
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Blind Spot

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Blind Spot

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Neoliberalism has been the defining paradigm in global health since the latter part of the twentieth century. What started as an untested and unproven theory that the creation of unfettered markets would give rise to political democracy led to policies that promoted the belief that private markets were the optimal agents for the distribution of social goods, including health care. A vivid illustration of the infiltration of neoliberal ideology into the design and implementation of development programs, this case study, set in post-Soviet Tajikistan's remote eastern province of Badakhshan, draws on extensive ethnographic and historical material to examine a "revolving drug fund" program—used by numerous nongovernmental organizations globally to address shortages of high-quality pharmaceuticals in poor communities.Provocative, rigorous, and accessible, Blind Spot offers a cautionary tale about the forces driving decision making in health and development policy today, illustrating how the privatization of health care can have catastrophic outcomes for some of the world's most vulnerable populations.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780520958739
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Blind Spot
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. 1. Introduction: A World Transformed
  12. PART I THE BEGINNING OF THE ENCOUNTER: THE SOVIET WORLD MEETS ITS GLOBAL COUNTERPARTS
  13. PART II LIFE AT THE END OF EMPIRE: THE CRISIS AND THE RESPONSE
  14. PART III TRANSPLANTING IDEOLOGY: VILLAGE HEALTH MEETS THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
  15. PART IV THE AFTERMATH: NEOLIBERAL SUCCESS, GLOBAL HEALTH FAILURE
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index