L’« État-actionnaire » et le plasma
Commodification of the human body does not make for a pretty picture if we read through the sequence of France’s bioethical laws. But this work goes beyond appearances and focuses on the case of plasma. Government as a shareholder in the national plasma industry has contributed to turning plasma int...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association Recherche & Régulation
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Revue de la Régulation |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/19755 |
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| Summary: | Commodification of the human body does not make for a pretty picture if we read through the sequence of France’s bioethical laws. But this work goes beyond appearances and focuses on the case of plasma. Government as a shareholder in the national plasma industry has contributed to turning plasma into a commodity. This paper traces the origins of the state’s shareholding in the sector through the transformation of the national corporation into a public limited company. The “shareholder state” takes on two faces as the “entrepreneurial state” and the “competitive state” thereby shaping up a sector for international competition in the bioeconomy. A qualitative survey reveals how the “shareholder state” has gone about making plasma commensurable with inert substances by providing it with an exchange value. To this end, the “shareholder state” produces a euphemistic discourse to legitimize the process. |
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| ISSN: | 1957-7796 |