State-Sponsored Activism

Jessica Rich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Marquette University. She has also held positions as a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, and as a postdoctoral fellow at Tulane University's Center for Inter-American Policy and Research.

• Introduction; 1. A new approach to studying civil society; 2. Grievances, resources, and opportunities: the initial success of Brazil's AIDS movement; 3. Transformations in the state; 4. Expanding the movement from above; 5. Expanding the movement from below; 6. A new model of social-movement mobilization; 7. Re-examining state-society relations in the twenty-first century.

'Jessica Rich breaks new ground in the study of the conditions under which social movements can endure and work with state institutions to advance their policy goals. Her study of the interaction between AIDS activists and bureaucrats in Brazil challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the political impact of social movements and their relations to the state. This is a rare book that promises to change the way scholars think about state-civil society relations and the politics of social policy reform.' Kenneth M. Roberts, Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government, Cornell University, New York