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Enacting Divides: Successful Alliances in Health Activism in Bulgaria

Enacting Divides: Successful Alliances in Health Activism in Bulgaria

Ina Dimitrova
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 9 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 1942-535X|EISSN: 1942-5368|EISBN13: 9781522512431|DOI: 10.4018/IJANTTI.2017010102
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Dimitrova, Ina. "Enacting Divides: Successful Alliances in Health Activism in Bulgaria." IJANTTI vol.9, no.1 2017: pp.13-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJANTTI.2017010102

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Dimitrova, I. (2017). Enacting Divides: Successful Alliances in Health Activism in Bulgaria. International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI), 9(1), 13-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJANTTI.2017010102

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Dimitrova, Ina. "Enacting Divides: Successful Alliances in Health Activism in Bulgaria," International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI) 9, no.1: 13-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJANTTI.2017010102

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Abstract

Th? paper aims to explore the current state of a particular instance of patient activism in Bulgaria through tracing the sociotechnical network architecture of the assisted reproductive technologies. It argues that in the local context this is the patient activism, which could be assessed as successful or, in ANT's terms, it has forged heterogeneous alliances, able to sustain themselves, proliferate and enroll new protagonists. Based on interviews with patients and activists, on media representations, and online discussions, this research tries to trace the local heterogeneous arrays of protagonists and show how ARTs network successfully stabilizes and gains power.

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