Jens Rydström
Professor emeritus
Professional Activism : AIDS and Civil Society in Sweden, 1982–2000
Författare
Summary, in English
The Swedish HIV/AIDS epidemic accelerated the hybridisation of welfare, as volunteer organisations rapidly professionalised and expanded their welfare services. The media’s horror scenarios prompted a sense of urgency which, in turn, motivated politicians and state funding agencies to channel large amounts of money into Swedish volunteer organisations. These included RFSL (the National Union for Sexual Equality), RFSU (the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education) and the Noah’s Ark-Red Cross Foundation. The state also worked with the various self-help groups that emerged for HIV-positive drug users, haemophiliacs, and men who had sex with men. This article investigates how these voluntary organisations – old and new – interacted with the state, the public health sector and each other, and how they were changed by professionalisation and hybridisation.
Avdelning/ar
- Genusvetenskapliga institutionen
Publiceringsår
2023
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
44-64
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Women, Gender and Research
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
København : Center for kvindeforskning, Københavns universitet
Ämne
- Social Work
Nyckelord
- Activism
- Civil Society
- HIV/AIDS
- Hybridisation
- Sweden
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0907-6182