La revue des livres
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Botswana has long been considered a model or a miracle in Africa for its sound economic growth and democratic stability. The country has been dramatically hit by the AIDS epidemic. The article examines Botswana’s response to it, not as an illustration of the country’s exceptionality, but by looking at how this has contributed to shaping a kind of citizenship that is biological, but with a strong social and political dimension and a national or nationalist character. It describes a benevolent state that takes care of its population of national citizens and at the same time reaffirms the importance of nationalizing public health, thus pushing the issue of sovereignty to the center of the debate. The community produced by access to medicine and the national community overlap and, more broadly, the issue of nationality is at the heart of public policies in Botswana.
Source: Politique africaine
Institutions: University of Reunion Island, Les Afriques dans le Monde
Language: French
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4234094785