Global health governance: conflicts on global social rights

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This article analyses the impact of new institutional structures in global health governance (GHG) on the realization of social rights in poor countries. Focusing on the example of global HIV/AIDS politics. The article argues that new governance modes increase the participation of civil society groups and affected communities, but also that they are frequently instrumentalized by powerful actors to pursue their particular interests. In fact, increasing resources are mobilized for the fight against poverty-related diseases. The article concludes that, as the experience of HIV/AIDS politics, the conflicts around the TRIPS Agreement and the development of Global Public-Private Partnerships GPPPs suggest, GHG is characterized by a combination of moral values and material interests that does not guarantee a comprehensive realization of social rights, but which allows some progress in the fight against poverty-related diseases - a step toward realization of social rights.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Global Health Governance: Konflikte um globale soziale Rechte
• ISSN: 1741-2803
• Extent: Seite(n): 80-108
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Global Social Policy, 8(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Internationale Beziehungen ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie ; internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Infektionskrankheit ; medizinische Versorgung ; institutionelle Faktoren ; Interessenorientierung ; AIDS ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Entwicklungspolitik ; institutioneller Wandel ; Gesundheitsfürsorge ; Schwellenland ; Global Governance ; soziale Rechte ; Gesundheitsversorgung ; Krankheit ; Entwicklungsland ; Zivilgesellschaft ; deskriptive Studie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hein, Wolfgang ; Kohlmorgen, Lars
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Vereinigtes Königreich
• (when): 2008

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018107086090
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-229863
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 14.06.2026, 10:27 PM CEST