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Welfare States Facing HIV/AIDS. Organizational Responses in Western Europe (1981–91)
Author(s) -
Panchaud Christine
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1002/j.1662-6370.1995.tb00458.x
Subject(s) - typology , modernization theory , welfare state , welfare , intervention (counseling) , state (computer science) , social welfare , political science , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , political economy , law , psychology , medicine , family medicine , algorithm , psychiatry , politics , anthropology , computer science
In this article the author analyzes comparatively several organizational models which were introduced in a dozen West European countries to address the problem of HIV/AIDS. Analyzing some aspects of the organizational design, the logic of intervention (sectorial or global), the type of actors (public or private) and the type of relations between actors, she elaborates a typology of responses. Three types are identified, presenting unexpected variants in respect to general typologies of the western welfare state. The author also notes that a form of social regulation based on private actors has been adopted in all countries under consideration. These results lead her to the hypothesis that the factors of innovation or modernization in administrations facing the management of such problems are grounded in new forms of collaboration between actors of different legal status.